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Allen Shen Wins Monster Stack for Almost $80k
Allen Shen, Winner of the Monster Stack 
Allen Shen, with the Ontario crew, after his Monster Win Allen Shen had to come from behind against Mehmet Siginc, who was looking for his second ring this series. Siginc started heads up with a big lead, but a huge cooler flipped things around.
After a raise from Shen and a call from Siginc preflop, Siginc check-raised the ace-high, two-club flop. Shen called to the turn, which paired the ace and brought a third club to the board.
Siginc shoved, and Shen called him off pretty quickly. Siginc turned the nut club flush with king-eight, with Shen on trip aces with a four.
Shen needed an ace or a four or for the board to pair, and he got his wish when the river paired the five, giving Shen the full house and the win. He had a large rail of Ontario crushers railing him tonight, including past Main Event winner Nicholas Teeuwen, and streamer Patrick “Egption” Tardif, among many others.
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Mehmet Siginc Out in 2nd Place for $52,010
Level: 36 (400000/800000/800000) Entries: 2/1656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 11:20 PM 
Mehmet Siginic Alen Shen raised to 2.2 million and Mehmet Siginc called. The flop came 10♣5♣A♠, and Siginc check-raised from 1.4 million to 7 million. Shen called for the A♣ on the turn.
Siginc shoved the big stack and Shen called fairly quickly. Siginc turned the nut club flush with king-eight, while Shen was on ace-four for trip aces. The river saved Shen as it paired 5♦, and Shen grabbed a huge lead.
Just a couple of hands later, Siginc shoved his short stack with pocket deuces, and Shen called with queen-four, and turned a four for the win.
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Philip Dobrikin Out in 3rd Place for $35,285
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 2/1656 Prizes: $536.036 Local Time: 11:00 PM 
Philip Dobrikin They are heads up now in the Monster Stack after Mehmet Siginc sent Philip Dobrikin to the rail in third place. I caught the action as Dobrikin was facing an all-in on the river from Siginc, who has the big stack.
Dobrikin eventually sighed, “I got to 3rd at least,” and slid in his stack for the call. He flopped an ace with ace-three, but Siginc was on two-pair with ten-seven, and took it down.
Siginc is how heads up against Alen Shen, and Siginc has the chip lead going for his second ring this series.
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Jackson Oniske Out in 4th Place for $24,454
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 3/1656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 10:50 PM 
Jackson Oniske The two short stacks have been trading chips without much progress for either. Jackson Oniske was down to just over 4 million, and he shoved under the gun. Philip Dobrikin, who was the second shortest, snap called from the big blind.
He was racing with nines against queen-ten, and while Oniske flopped a gutty and turned open-ended, the 4♠8♣J♠K♣7♠ board left the nines in front, and sent Onikse out in 4th place.
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Oniske Doubles
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 4/1656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 12:25 PM Jackson Oniske just scored a double. Philip Dobrikin raised under the gun, then called when Oniske shoved the button. Oniske was best with ace-jack into ace-five, but Dobrikin flopped a straight draw. He bricked the turn & river on a board of 7♥4♥6♣10♠K♠ to send the double to Oniske.
Dobrikin and Oniske traded the short stacks in the hand, with Oniske up to about 8.5 million versus 4 million for Dobrikin. Mehmet Siginc is the leader with about 30 million right now, while Alen Shen is playing about 24 million for second.
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James Ward Out in 5th Place for $17,321
Level: 34 (250000/500000/500000) Entries: 4/1656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 10:00 PM 
James Ward James Ward was the short stack at the table even after his recent double, and he wasn’t able to spin it up. He just hit the rail for 5th place shortly after the recent hand against Philip Dobrikin.
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Ward Grabs a Double
Level: 34 (250000/500000/500000) Entries: 5/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 9:50 PM Philip Dobrikin raised to 2 million from the cutoff, and James Ward shoved his big blind for just 50k more. Dobrikin called with the best of it, ace-king of hearts over queen-ten of diamonds, but Ward found a ten on the flop of [invalid notations] and Dobrikin couldn’t the cards he needed.
Mehmet Siginc looks to be on his way to ring #2 in this series. He won the NLH/PLO mix on opening day, and he’s sitting with the big stack in the final five of the Monster now.
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Jiajie Sheng Eliminated in 6th Place ($12,546)
Level: 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) Entries: 5/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 9:28 PM 
Jiajie Sheng Jiajie Sheng moved all in for 1,300,000, and Mehmet Siginic moved all in. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Jiajie Sheng: 8♣4♣
Mehmet Signic: J♠J♣The board ran out A♥6♥2♠7♥A♠ for Aignic to take the pot.
Allen Shen: 25,800,000
Philip Dobirikin: 14,800,000
Mehmet Siginc: 11,500,000
Jackson Oniske: 8,500,000
James Ward: 4,300,000 -
Devon Rissing Eliminated in 7th Place ($9,297)
Level: 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) Entries: 5/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 9:20 PM 
Devon Rissling Devon Rissing moved all in for 1,500,000, and Allen Shen made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Devon Rissing: K♣J♠
Allen Shen: 10♣10♠The board ran out Q♠Q♣A♦4♥10♦ for Shen to take the pot.
Allen Shen: 25,800,000
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Joshua Lindberg Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,053)
Level: 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) Entries: 7/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 9:06 PM 
Joshua Lindberg Joshua Lindberg moved all in for 1,300,000, and Philip Dobrikin made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Joshua Lindberg: K♠7♣
Philip Dobrikin: A♥Q♠The board ran out 9♠10♥4♠6♣6♠ for Dobrikin to find the elimination.
Philip Dobrikin: 15,800,000
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Adam Worr Eliminated in 9th Place ($5,479)
Level: 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) Entries: 8/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 8:51 PM 
Adam Worr Adam Worr moved all in for 200,000, and Allen Shen was the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Adam Worr: A♣K♥
Allen Shen: 9♥9♣The board ran out 7♥J♣J♠9♦5♠ for Shen to take the pot.
Allen Shen: 15,500,000
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Lindberg Finds the Double
Level: 32 (150,000/300,000/300,000) Entries: 9/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 8:31 PM Joshua Lindberg moved all on the button for 1,100,000, and Allen Shen made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Joshua Lindberg: 6♦6♠
Allen Shen: A♦6♠The board ran out 2♥4♣5♠8♣2♦ for Lindberg to find the double.
Allen Shen: 12,000,000
Joshua Lindberg: 2,950,000 -
Gregory Wood Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,362)
Level: 32 (150,000/300,000/300,000) Entries: 9/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 8:00 PM 
Gregory Wood Gregory Wood moved all in for 2,150,000, and Adam Worr made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Gregory Wood: J♦8♦
Adam Worr: 3♥3♠The board ran out J♥J♠4♣6♣3♦ for Worr to take the pot.
Adam Worr: 12,300,000
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Jordan Matsui Eliminated in 11th Place ($4,362)
Level: 31 (150,000/250,000/250,000) Entries: 10/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 7:43 PM 
Jordan Matsui Jordan Matsui moved all in for 2,950,000, and Adam Worr made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jordan Matsui: A♣10♦
Adam Worr: A♥J♦The board ran out 6♦Q♣A♦J♣9♠ for Worr to take the pot.
Adam Worr: 10,800,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 12 Jack Vaccarello $3,561 13 Dennis Didow $3,561 14 Frank Gallie $2,984 15 Jonathan Kwon $2,984 16 Sandra Sxelson $2,984 17 Waylon Gibson $2,984 -
Siginic Making Moves
Level: 31 (150,000/250,000/250,000) Entries: 13/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 7:12 PM At Blinds of 100,000/200,000/200,000, early position opened to 500,000. Mehmet Siginic three-bet to 1,200,000 from the button. Early position made the call.
The flop came 8♥3♦2♦, and early position was quick to check. Siginic fired for 1,100,000, and early position made the call.
After the turn peeled the [invalid notations], and made the fold. Signic revealed K♠10♣ for the stone bluff.
Mehmet Siginic: 6,400,000
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Updated Stacks at Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Allen Shen 9,700,000 Philip Dobrikin 7,800,000 Gregory Wood 7,500,000 Mehmet Siginic 7,200,000 Jackson Oniske 6,600,000 Devon Rissling 6,200,000 Dennis Didow 5,400,000 Jordan Matsui 4,000,000 Jiajie Sheng 3,100,000 Joshua Lindberg 2,200,000 -
Recent Bustouts
Position Player Prize 18 Rahul Sharma $2,566 19 Andy Truong $2,566 20 Donald Cowie $2,566 21 Julius Roque $2,566 22 Joshia GReville $2,566 23 Elvis Kastrati $2,566 24 Richard Leblanc $2,566 25 David Zoerb $2,566 26 Jimmy Lee $2,566 -
Wood Eliminates Truong
Level: 29 (100,000/150,000/150,000) Entries: 18/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 5:25 PM Andy Truong moved all in for 2,100,000, and Gregory Wood made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Andy Truong: A♠J♠
Gregory Wood: A♣Q♣The board ran out J♥10♦Q♥Q♠6♦ for Wood to take the pot.
Gregory Wood: 4,900,000
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Kings for Rissling
Level: 29 (100,000/150,000/150,000) Entries: 19/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 5:08 PM Middle position opened to 300,000, and Andy Truong raised to 850,000.
The button moved all in for 1,200,000, and Truong made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Devon Rissling: K♥K♦
Andy Truong: Q♥Q♣The board ran out 9♦2♣7♠7♦10♦ for Rissling to find the double.
Andy Truong: 1,820,000
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Shen Won’t Back Down
Level: 29 (100,000/150,000/150,000) Entries: 20/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 4:52 PM Allen Shen opened to 300,000 from early position, and Andy Truong three-bet to 850,000.
Shen jammed having Truong covered, and Truong made the quick laydown.
Allen Shen: 6,100,000
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Siginic On a Heater
Level: 28 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 21/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 4:29 PM Mehmet Siginic opened to 250,000, and the big blind defended.
The flop came 4♦3♣7♠, and the big blind checked to Siginic. He fired for 250,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
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Updated Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Jiajie Sheng 6,300,000 Frank Galle 5,800,000 Philip Dobrikin 5,200,000 Allen Shen 4,500,000 Andy Truong 3,900,000 Gregory Wood 3,800,000 Mehmet Signic 3,800,000 James Ward 3,700,000 Donald Cowie 3,700,000 Joshua Lindberg 3,300,000 -
Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 27 Minh Cuong Lieu $2,268 28 Petar Amic $2,268 29 Jason Chan $2,268 30 Scot Munro $2,268 31 Cole Michael Harmon $2,268 32 Ryan Johal $2,268 33 Scott Ernest Stuve $2,268 34 Christopher Alcindor $2,268 35 Malachy Hagan $2,268 36 Reza Yazdani Aminabadi $2,061 37 Brayden Brown $2,061 38 Donald Arsenault $2,061 39 Debi Stephenson-Loomer $2,061 40 Victor Ma $2,061 41 Ashkan Razavi $2,061 42 Darlene Lee $2,061 43 Jacob Anderson $2,061 44 Scott Donald Serwa $2,061 -
Gibson Finds the Double With Jiggities
Level: 27 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 27/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 2:54 PM Waylon Gibson moved all in for 1,620,000, and middle position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Waylon Gibson: J♠J♦
Middle Position: A♠K♠The board ran out 3♣3♠2♦6♦9♠ for Gibson to find the double.
Waylon Gibson: 3,440,000
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Wood is On Fire
Level: 26 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 36/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 2:21 PM Christopher Alcindor opened to 180,000 from middle position, and Gregory Wood made the call.
The flop came K♣4♣4♠, and Alcindor was quick to check. Wood fired for 250,000, and Alcindor made the call.
After the turn caem the 2♦, Alcindor checked his option to Wood. He moved all in, and Alcindor called his remaining 1,500,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Christopher Alcindor: A♠K♠
Gregory Wood: K♦Q♥The river flipped the odds as it came the 2♦Q♣ for Wood to take the pot.
Gregory Wood: 3,850,000
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Straight Flush for Vaccarello
Level: 26 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 46/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 2:03 PM Jack Vaccarello moved all in for 470,000, and late position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jack Vaccarello: 9♣9♦
Late Position: A♥Q♣The board ran out 10♣6♣7♣, and Vaccarello’s opponent called for the 8♣. It immediately came as the board completed with the 8♣2♦.
Jack Vaccarello: 1,140,000
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Ladder Ups
Player Position Prize 45 Alen Bakovic $1,928 46 Richard Broger $1,928 47 Jordon Johnstone $1,928 48 Youssef Hmama $1,928 49 Kamyar Amini $1,928 50 Ryan Smith $1,928 51 Richard Pepito $1,928 52 Perry Rouzes $1,928 53 Zhixiang Li $1,928 54 Benjamin Sinclair Cooper $1,858 55 CARLOS ALANIZ $1,858 56 Nitin Verma $1,858 57 Chad Blumes $1,858 58 Louis Collette $1,858 59 Joshua Cameron Wallace $1,858 60 Shannon Edward Mckee $1,858 61 Darcy Wright $1,858 62 Morgan Jantzen $1,858 63 Mathiraj Sabanathan $1,769 64 Edwin Kuntz $1,769 65 Daniel Lefebvre $1,769 66 Kyle Mark Cook $1,769 67 Geno Dick $1,769 68 Vincent Jamieson $1,769 69 Vincent Lam $1,769 70 Anand Dattani $1,769 71 Shenhong Yang $1,769 72 Eric Dunham $1,769 73 Jesse Piteau $1,769 74 Christian Mirkovic $1,769 75 Tien Tran $1,769 76 Lance Jones $1,769 77 Aaron Ryan $1,769 78 Michael Farrow $1,769 79 Steven Bridgeo $1,769 80 Ryan Biermann $1,769 81 Ran Yi $1,769 82 Richard Berenbaum $1,769 83 Christopher Brayant $1,769 84 Scott Gailfus $1,769 -
Jiajie Sheng Bags Huge for Biggest Monster Ever
Event #10: $400 Monster Stack NLH Day 2
Date: Jan 15, Noon Blinds: 45 Minutes (30 minutes until Level 25) Entries: 84/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 ($404,294 to be awarded on Day 2) It’s the biggest Monster Stack ever at WSOP-C Calgary, beating the previous best by more than 100 entries. Jan 2025 was the previous record holder for Monster fields, at 1,536, and this year’s edition came in 120 entries bigger.
That puts it as the fourth biggest field ever here at WSOP-C, behind the recent Mini Main record holder from this series, the Jan 2024 4-Flight, and the Oct 2025 Mini Main, and that bodes extremely well for this to be a record series as a whole. There are still the big events to come, of course, but through the $ak Turbo, including the Monster stack, the current record holder series, Jan 2024, had amassed just over $2.5 million in prizes — at the same point this year, this series is already at more than $3 million in total prizes.
The Monster was the game that really pumped the numbers into record territory. The rest of the series has had very solid turnouts as well, but the extra juice from a record Monster field has pushed the first half of the series into the record zone.
As 84 players return for Day 2 of the Monster stack, with $78k up top for the win, Jiajie Sheng is the player with the best shot of grabbing that big prize. He bagged a massive 3.21 million at the end of Day 1b, dwarfing the 1a leading sack of Josh Greville by almost 2 to 1. The rest of 1b couldn’t even keep up with Sheng, as James Ward’s second-place stack is just 1.73 million.
Ward was one of 11 players from 1b to bag more than a million, and they joined 7 millionaires from 1a for the Day 2 action.
Top Ten Day 2 Stacks
Player Chips Jiajie Sheng 3,210,000 Dennis Didow 2,080,000 Andy Truong 1,900,000 Josh Greville 1,855,000 Allen Shen 1,750,000 James Ward 1,730,000 Frank Gallie 1,460,000 Richard Leblanc 1,370,000 Geno Dick 1,300,000 Jackson Oniske 1,253,000 The Day 2 action gets going at noon in the Chrome room, with Level 23 & 24 to be played at the 30-minute Day 1 blind levels, before it jumps to the Day 2 blinds of 45 minutes for Level 25.
The action will continue until someone has a ring on their finger, and with the returning field size, I’d expect to settle in for 12+ hours of poker before this is all decided. Alek Gillies will be on the floor for the early action, and I’ll be there to catch the final hands and the ring.
The full Day 2 prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab, with the final table payouts below, as well as the Day 2 players sorted by seat and by name.
Final Table Prizes for Record Monster
Place Prize 1 $78,020 2 $52,010 3 $35,285 4 $24,454 5 $17,321 6 $12,546 7 $9,297 8 $7,053 9 $5,479 10 $4,362 Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)
T-S Player Chips 28 – 1 Steven Bridgeo 310,000 28 – 2 Frank Gallie 1,460,000 28 – 3 Darlene Lee 395,000 28 – 4 Ben Cooper 595,000 28 – 5 Sandra Axelson 470,000 28 – 6 Christian Mirkovic 255,000 28 – 7 Julius Roque 1,235,000 28 – 8 Cuong Lieu 725,000 28 – 9 Darcy Wright 360,000 29 – 1 Debi Loomer 660,000 29 – 2 Morgan Jantzen 850,000 29 – 3 Edwin Kuntz 390,000 29 – 4 Devon Rissling 430,000 29 – 5 Jacob Anderson 1,235,000 29 – 6 Eric Dunham 300,000 29 – 7 Carlos Alaniz 975,000 29 – 8 Kyle Mark Cook 535,000 29 – 9 Kamyar Amini 670,000 34 – 1 Rahul Sharma 675,000 34 – 2 Josh Greville 1,855,000 34 – 3 Nitin Verma 345,000 34 – 4 Josh Wallace 950,000 34 – 5 Jordan Matsui 1,174,000 34 – 6 Elvis Kastrati 415,000 34 – 7 Jimmy Lee 865,000 34 – 8 Christopher Brayant 495,000 34 – 9 Jiajie Sheng 3,210,000 35 – 1 Ryan Smith 990,000 35 – 2 James Ward 1,730,000 35 – 3 Ashkan Razavi 1,125,000 35 – 5 Perry Rouzes 20,000 35 – 6 Richard Berenbaum 570,000 35 – 7 Gregory Wood 1,095,000 35 – 8 Waylon Gibson 1,065,000 35 – 9 Jack Vaccarello 530,000 36 – 1 Geno Dick 1,300,000 36 – 3 Jackson Oniske 1,253,000 36 – 4 Christopher Alcindor 955,000 36 – 5 Anand Dattani 180,000 36 – 6 Jonathan Kwon 190,000 36 – 7 Mehmet Siginc 940,000 36 – 8 Donald Cowie 1,125,000 36 – 9 Joshua Lindberg 1,090,000 37 – 2 Richard Pepito 1,180,000 37 – 3 Adam Worr 275,000 37 – 4 Dennis Didow 2,080,000 37 – 5 Alen Bakovic 825,000 37 – 6 Daniel Lefebvre 660,000 37 – 7 Reza Aminabadi 770,000 37 – 8 Scot Munro 1,120,000 37 – 9 Louis Collette 805,000 40 – 1 Peter Amic 935,000 40 – 2 Vincent Lam 195,000 40 – 3 Ran Yi 330,000 40 – 4 Vincent Jamieson 410,000 40 – 5 Richard Leblanc 1,370,000 40 – 6 Philip Dobrikin 830,000 40 – 8 Cole Harmon 995,000 40 – 9 Ryan Biermann 285,000 41 – 1 Shannon Mckee 355,000 41 – 2 Jesse Piteau 295,000 41 – 3 Youssef Hmama 920,000 41 – 4 Brayden Brown 325,000 41 – 5 Andy Truong 1,900,000 41 – 6 Jason Chan 830,000 41 – 7 Tien Tran 205,000 41 – 9 David Zoerb 785,000 42 – 1 Victor Ma 365,000 42 – 2 Allen Shen 1,750,000 42 – 4 Ryan Johal 740,000 42 – 5 Jordon Johnstone 1,100,000 42 – 6 Scott Stuve 680,000 42 – 7 Michael Farrow 315,000 42 – 8 Scott Gailfus 335,000 42 – 9 Richard Broger 670,000 43 – 1 Aaron Joseph Ryan 130,000 43 – 2 Donald Arsenault 900,000 43 – 3 Shenhong Yang 390,000 43 – 4 Chad Blumes 610,000 43 – 5 Zhixiang Li 560,000 43 – 6 Scott Serwa 885,000 43 – 7 Mal Hagan 1,065,000 43 – 8 Lance Jones 465,000 43 – 9 Mathiraj Sabanathan 330,000 Day 2 Seats, Sorted by Name
T-S Player Chips 43 – 1 Aaron Joseph Ryan 130,000 37 – 3 Adam Worr 275,000 37 – 5 Alen Bakovic 825,000 42 – 2 Allen Shen 1,750,000 36 – 5 Anand Dattani 180,000 41 – 5 Andy Truong 1,900,000 35 – 3 Ashkan Razavi 1,125,000 28 – 4 Ben Cooper 595,000 41 – 4 Brayden Brown 325,000 29 – 7 Carlos Alaniz 975,000 43 – 4 Chad Blumes 610,000 28 – 6 Christian Mirkovic 255,000 36 – 4 Christopher Alcindor 955,000 34 – 8 Christopher Brayant 495,000 40 – 8 Cole Harmon 995,000 28 – 8 Cuong Lieu 725,000 37 – 6 Daniel Lefebvre 660,000 28 – 9 Darcy Wright 360,000 28 – 3 Darlene Lee 395,000 41 – 9 David Zoerb 785,000 29 – 1 Debi Loomer 660,000 37 – 4 Dennis Didow 2,080,000 29 – 4 Devon Rissling 430,000 43 – 2 Donald Arsenault 900,000 36 – 8 Donald Cowie 1,125,000 29 – 3 Edwin Kuntz 390,000 34 – 6 Elvis Kastrati 415,000 29 – 6 Eric Dunham 300,000 28 – 2 Frank Gallie 1,460,000 36 – 1 Geno Dick 1,300,000 35 – 7 Gregory Wood 1,095,000 35 – 9 Jack Vaccarello 530,000 36 – 3 Jackson Oniske 1,253,000 29 – 5 Jacob Anderson 1,235,000 35 – 2 James Ward 1,730,000 41 – 6 Jason Chan 830,000 41 – 2 Jesse Piteau 295,000 34 – 9 Jiajie Sheng 3,210,000 34 – 7 Jimmy Lee 865,000 36 – 6 Jonathan Kwon 190,000 34 – 5 Jordan Matsui 1,174,000 42 – 5 Jordon Johnstone 1,100,000 34 – 2 Josh Greville 1,855,000 34 – 4 Josh Wallace 950,000 36 – 9 Joshua Lindberg 1,090,000 28 – 7 Julius Roque 1,235,000 29 – 9 Kamyar Amini 670,000 29 – 8 Kyle Mark Cook 535,000 43 – 8 Lance Jones 465,000 37 – 9 Louis Collette 805,000 43 – 7 Mal Hagan 1,065,000 43 – 9 Mathiraj Sabanathan 330,000 36 – 7 Mehmet Siginc 940,000 42 – 7 Michael Farrow 315,000 29 – 2 Morgan Jantzen 850,000 34 – 3 Nitin Verma 345,000 35 – 5 Perry Rouzes 20,000 40 – 1 Peter Amic 935,000 40 – 6 Philip Dobrikin 830,000 34 – 1 Rahul Sharma 675,000 40 – 3 Ran Yi 330,000 37 – 7 Reza Aminabadi 770,000 35 – 6 Richard Berenbaum 570,000 42 – 9 Richard Broger 670,000 40 – 5 Richard Leblanc 1,370,000 37 – 2 Richard Pepito 1,180,000 40 – 9 Ryan Biermann 285,000 42 – 4 Ryan Johal 740,000 35 – 1 Ryan Smith 990,000 28 – 5 Sandra Axelson 470,000 37 – 8 Scot Munro 1,120,000 42 – 8 Scott Gailfus 335,000 43 – 6 Scott Serwa 885,000 42 – 6 Scott Stuve 680,000 41 – 1 Shannon Mckee 355,000 43 – 3 Shenhong Yang 390,000 28 – 1 Steven Bridgeo 310,000 41 – 7 Tien Tran 205,000 42 – 1 Victor Ma 365,000 40 – 4 Vincent Jamieson 410,000 40 – 2 Vincent Lam 195,000 35 – 8 Waylon Gibson 1,065,000 41 – 3 Youssef Hmama 920,000 43 – 5 Zhixiang Li 560,000 
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Day 1b Stacks
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 52/1,023 (84/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 1:05 AM Player Chips Jiajie Sheng 3,210,000 Phong Truong 1,900,000 James Ward 1,730,000 Frank Gallie 1,460,000 Richard Leblanc 1,370,000 Geno Dick 1,300,000 Jackson Oniske 1,253,000 Julius Roque 1,235,000 Richard Pepito 1,180,000 Ashkan Razavi 1,125,000 Scot Munro 1,120,000 Gregory Wood 1,095,000 Joshua Lindberg 1,090,000 Malachy Hagan 1,065,000 Cole Harmon 995,000 Ryan Smith 990,000 Carlos Alaniz 975,000 Christopher Alcindor 955,000 Joshua Wallace 950,000 Youssef Hmama 920,000 Jimmy Lee 865,000 Morgan Jantzen 850,000 Jason Chan 830,000 Philip Dobrikin 830,000 Alen Bakovic 825,000 Reza Yazdani Aminabadi 770,000 Chad Blumes 610,000 Benjamin Cooper 595,000 Zhixiang Li 560,000 Kyle Cook 535,000 Jack Vaccarello 530,000 Christopher Brayant 495,000 Lance Jones 465,000 Devon Rissling 430,000 Vincent Jamieson 410,000 Darlene Lee 395,000 Shenhong Yang 390,000 Edwin Kuntz 390,000 Victor Ma 365,000 Darcy Wright 360,000 Shannon Mckee 355,000 Nitin Verma 345,000 Scott Gailfus 335,000 Mathiraj Sabanathan 330,000 Steven Bridgeo 310,000 Eric Dunham 300,000 Jesse Piteau 295,000 Ryan Biermann 285,000 Tien Tran 205,000 Anand Dattani 180,000 Aaron Ryan 130,000 Perry Rouzes 20,000 -
Day 1b Payouts
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 52/1,023 (84/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 12:30 AM Place Player Prize 53 
Mohsen Shafizadeh$1,171 54 Alicia Dodds$1,051 55 Tyler Thomas$1,051 56 Wille Scott$1,051 57 Ryan Mcclean$1,051 58 Calvin Lake$1,051 59 Jason Kelly$1,051 60 David Ballantine$1,051 61 Nizar Tajdin$1,051 62 Zeyu Du$1,051 63 David Kumar$963 64 Ferida Balic$963 65 Kris Steinbach$963 66 Dave Mcleod$963 67 Jeff Charlebois$963 68 Murray Kristoff$963 69 Wilfred Mcnelly$963 70 Harri Heinonkari$963 71 Donald Fujita$963 72 
Rauno Tahvonen$901 73 Jasmin Tate$901 74 Tony Le$901 75 Eldon Doupe$901 76 Shane Brotherwood$901 77 Matthew Osorio$901 78 Alexander Bylicki$901 79 David Crowchild$901 80 Harminder Aujla$901 81 Sean Sztyler$861 82 Scott Fingland$861 83 Jody Brett$861 84 Alex Liu$861 85 Richard Mullen$861 86 Seamus Mcgearty$861 87 Himanshu Thapar$861 88 Mehdi Saeed$861 89 Jason Yang$861 90 
Denis Mujcin$841 91 Angelo Jopek$841 92 Manish Ralh$841 93 Douglas Lee$841 94 
Chen Chen$841 95 Norapat Arunyakanon$841 96 Nathan Coxford$841 97 Qing Yang$841 98 Kenneth Upton$841 99 Aaron Froese$801 100 Richard Rex$801 101 Joon Park$801 102 DJ Sharma$801 103 Nicola Tassone$801 104 Andrew Goosen$801 105 Isabelo Bagsac$801 106 Ramaz Haymour$801 107 Michael Baldwin$801 108 Tyler Delege$801 109 Hugo Soares$801 110 Kaan Becer$801 111 Katherine Quinn$801 112 Jan Rofuli$801 113 Ryan Simmonds$801 114 Christopher Lau$801 115 Seyed Seyednabian$801 116 Nicholas Teeuwen$801 117 Jack Dick$801 118 Rene Schmidt$801 119 Edward Sorensen$801 120 Michael Malm$801 121 Robert Kliss$801 122 Marc Lavergne$801 123 Gurdeep Parhar$801 124 Bayar Gombosuren$801 125 Wolfgang Tietz$801 126 Michael Wo$801 127 Wayne Hoffert$801 128 Regan Duong$801 129 Joshua Hopkins$801 130 Sean Pevlin$801 131 Gaetano Buda$801 132 
Zhi Yang$801 133 Wyatt Reader$801 134 Andrew Tilston$801 135 Hai Oan$801 136 Wayne Scott$801 137 Joel Bullock$801 138 Tyler Panas$801 139 Clark Mckay$801 140 Steven Kraljevic$801 141 Ryan Kenoras$801 142 Trent Sapach$801 143 Edward Hakim$801 144 Joel Hogue$801 145 
Shariq Khan$801 146 Darcy Mcdonald$801 147 
Seong Choi$801 148 Bryce Harrison$801 149 Karamjeet Shergill$801 150 Tim Yu$801 151 Martin Messier$801 152 Qingwei Meng$801 153 Douglas Cornelson$801 154 Ayman Mahfoud$801 -
Day 1b is Complete
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 52/1,023 (84/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 12:00 Midnight Day 1b is now complete, with 52 players remaining. The remaining players are currently bagging their chips for Day 2. Stay tuned for the full payouts from Day 1b, as well as the 1b stacks coming shortly, with the full Day 2 stacks and seat assignments to follow after that.
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Day 2 Bubble to Start Level 23
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 53/1,023 (85/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 11:50 PM Level 23 has just started, and they are on the bubble to the end of the night. There are 53 players left, and 52 players should bag, so the night will be over after the next elimination.
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5 Off the Bags
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 57/1,023 (89/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 11:40 PM Just 10 minutes remain in Level 22, with the field down to 57 players left. That leaves them 5 eliminations off the end of the night, so it seems likely that Level 23 will be the final level of Day 1b.
Stay tuned after the day ends for a full look at Day 1b cashouts, as well as the stacks moving forward into Day 2. At the moment, it looks like James Ward is leading the way with 1.7 million, while Andy Truong, who was at the $1k FT yesterday and won the High Roller ring here in October, is second with just over 1.535 million.
Top Ten Stacks
Player Chips James Ward 1,700,000 Andy Truong 1,535,000 Geno Dick 1,450,000 Scot Munro 1,050,000 Cole Harmon 950,000 Youssef Hmama 895,000 Joshua Wallace 885,000 Gregory Wood 880,000 Christopher Alcindor 805,000 Jackson Oniske 755,000 -
15 Off the Bags
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 67/1,023 (99/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 11:20 PM The 1b field is nearing the end of the day, with only 15 more eliminations to go before the bags come out for Day 2 players. There are almost three full levels remaining on the scheduled day with the start of Level 22, but it seems very unlikely that they’ll play that long. It looks more likely that they’ll bag up sometime in Level 23.
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29 Off the Bags on Final Break
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 81/1,023 (113/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 10:40 PM The players are on their final break of Day 1b, with the field down to 81 players. That leaves them jst 29 off the bags, so it looks like 1b will end before they play 24 levels. That said, the action tends to slow a bit as the end of the night gets closer, with people tightening up to try and make it through to Day 2.
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119 Players Left
Level: 19 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 119/1,023 (151/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 9:40 PM The numbers are dropping quickly now that players are in the money, and they are already down to 120 players left to start Level 19. There is still one more level to play after this one before the final break of Day 1b, and they are now 68 eliminations away from an early end to 1b.
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Dropping Fast
Level: 18 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 137/1,023 (169/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 9:20 PM The field is down to 137 remaining, with about 15 minutes to play in Level 18. The average stack is about 24 big blinds, so they are relatively short for this time of the night, and that may be driving the action.
I’ll update all the Day 1b payouts and the Day 2 stacks at the end of the night tonight, after they bag up.
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In the Money
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 154/1,023 (186/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 9:05 PM There was no bubble play in the Monster Stack 1b today, as a player was eliminated on the hand as they were waiting to pause for hand-for-hand play. Level 17 is nearly complete, and there are 7 levels of poker, at most, until the end of today’s flight.
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Five Off the Money
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 159/1,023 (191/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 8:45 PM They are down to 159 players with about 15 minutes to play in Level 17, just 5 off the money spots now. The clock will be paused for hand-for-hand play after 4 more eliminations.
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13 Off the Money at Break
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 167/1,023 (199/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 8:25 PM The players are out for the break following Level 16, with about 5 minutes until they are back in action for Level 17. The field is down to 167 players now, 13 off the money spots, so the clock will likely be paused for bubble play shortly after Level 17 begins.
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50 Off the Money
Level: 15 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 204/1,023 (236/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 7:40 PM The field is closing in on the money with just 50 eliminations to go until they start getting paid out as they leave. There are 204 players left in the game as Level 15 ticks down to a close, so it looks like they’ll hit the money bubble sometime after the break following Level 16.
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Prizes are In; 154 Paid, At Least 52 Advance
Level: 15 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 220/1,023 (252/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 7:25 PM The prizes are now in, and there are 154 paid spots for today’s flight. They’ll keep playing once they hit the money, stopping play for the day after 24 levels of poker, or when they hit 52 players, which is 5% of the starting field.
That means at least $250,010 from today’s $337,590 in prizes will push forward into the Day 2 pool, but it could be even more if they play 24 levels and bag up with more than 52 remaining. Level 15 now has about 15 minutes to play, and there are two more breaks scheduled for today, following Level 16 & Level 20.
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Down to 281 Remaining
Level: 14 (3000/5000/5000) Entries: 281/1,023 (313/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 6:55 PM The final field size for Day 1b was adjusted down by one since the last post I made, leaving the flight still well into 4 digits, but with the final tally down to 1,023, for a combined field of 1,656.
That should still mean 154 paid spots today, with at least 51 bags to end the night.
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Four Digit Field for Final Monster Flight
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 377/1,024 (409/1,657) Prizes: $337,920 ($536,366 total) Local Time: 6:15 PM For the first time ever in Calgary, the Monster Stack has a four-digit field for one of its flights. Entries are now closed on the final flight to the Monster, and Day 1b got an astonishing 1,024 entries, for a combined field of 1,657.
That total puts this game as the fourth biggest field ever in Alberta, trailing this year’s massive Mini Main record-setter, as well as the Jan 2024 4-Flight (the previous record holder), and the Oct 2025 Mini Main.
With the current numbers, it looks like there will be 154 pay spots on Day 1b, with at least 51 players moving on to join the 32 qualifiers from 1a on Thursday’s Day 2. The action today continues until the end of Level 24, or until they get to 83 players, whichever comes first. Flight 1a ended with just over 25 minutes to play in Level 23, so 20k/40k/40k are the biggest blinds they’ll start at on Day 2, but the level may roll back further if today’s flight plays down more quickly.
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Cruickshank Finds the Double
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 382/931 Prizes: $307,230 ($505,676 total) Local Time: 5:08 PM James Cruickshank moved all in for 33,000, and the big blind made the call. Both players revealed their hands.
James Cruickshank: K♠7♠
Big Blind: 5♥5♦The board ran out 6♦A♠A♣7♣8♥ for Cruickshank to find the double.
James Cruickshank: 72,500
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A Monster Size Monster Stack
Day 1b of the Monster Stack is crushing the 2024 record for the Monster Stack. The 2024 record drew 530 entries for 1a and 850 entries for 1b. This year, 1a saw an increase to 633 entries and is currently at 918 entries for 1b. There is just over an hour left to register and the prize pool has combined to a massive $501,386 total. Stay tuned, as action plays to the end of the day with a winner crowned tomorrow.
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Hopper Finds the Elimination
Level: 10 (1,000 Entries: 427/857 Prizes: $282,810 ($481,256 total) Local Time: 4:29 PM Action was caught after the turn of 7♦5♥9♠10♥, and Trent Hopper fired for 25,000. His opponent moved all in for slightly more, and Hopper made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Late Position: 9♥6♣
Trent Hopper: Q♥Q♠The river was the A♥ for Hopper to take the pot.
Trent Hopper: 157,000
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Li Finds Value
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 453/833 Prizes: $274,890 ($473,336 total) Local Time: 4:12 PM Action was caught after the turn came the 5♥3♠3♥4♥, and all four players were quick to check.
The 6♦ completed the board, and Zhixiang Li fired for 5,000 from the small blind. The big blind made the call, and Li revealed 5♠5♣ to take the pot.
Zhixiang Li: 130,500
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Hopkins Takes it Down
Level: 9 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 461/798 Prizes: $263,340 ($461,786 total) Local Time: 3:54 PM Action was caught after the river of A♦K♦9♦A♥2♠, with the pot being 37,000.
Middle position checked to Joshua Hopkins, who fired for 45,000.
Middle position went into the tank but eventually found the fold.
Joshua Hopkins: 202,000
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Big Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 259,000 Karamjeet Shergill 251,000 Jody Brett 201,000 Brett Worton 188,000 Ali Razzaq 186,000 Donald Fujita 185,000 Yvan Gravel 160,000 Wayne Hoffert 155,500 Kevin Kondro 155,000 Wyatt Reader 154,500 -
Runner-Runner for Gravel
Level: 8 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 454/708 Prizes: $233,640 ($432,086 total) Local Time: 2:58 PM Three all in’s occurred with Yvan Gravel being all in for 52,900. The three players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: 9♦9♠
Yvan Gravel: A♠K♥
Early Position: K♠K♦The board ran out 9♥3♦5♦4♥2♦ for Gravel to find the nearly triple up.
Yvan Gravel: 137,800
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Tran Doubles Up
Level: 7 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 442/635 Prizes: $209,550 ($407,996 total) Local Time: 2:28 PM Middle position opened to 2,100, and Tien Tran moved all in for 13,900 from late position. Middle position made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Tien Tran: K♣10♦
Middle Position: 9♥9♦The board ran out 8♠2♥6♣Q♣10♥ for Tran to find the double.
Tien Tran: 30,300
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Lucky Ladies for Weisman
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 433/587 Prizes: $193,710 ($392,156 total) Local Time: 2:08 PM Action was caught after the flop of 10♠J♦5♣, and Keith Weideman moved all in for 21,800 from the big blind. The button made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Keith Weideman: Q♦Q♣
Button: A♥10♥The board ran out 7♠4♥ for Weideman to take the pot.
Keith Weideman: 45,600
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Big Stacks After First Break
Player Chip Count Karamjit Shergill 170,000 Jiaje Sheng 168,000 Christopher Brayson 162,000 Steven Desjarlais 140,800 Martin Messier 140,000 Donald Fujita 133,000 Carmela Ciantis 108,500 Randy Rook 107,500 Craig Caldwell 105,400 Steven Bridgeo 104,000 -
Horpestad Has It
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 410/507 Prizes: $167,310 ($365,756 total) Local Time: 1:32 PM Action was caught after the turn of 8♥5♥10♣J♣, and early position checked. Middle position fired for 3,000, and both players made the call.
After the river came the 7♦, and the small blind blasted for 11,000. Traci Horpestad made the call, and revealed 9♠8♣ to take the pot.
Traci Horpestad: 102,700
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Wood Finds Value
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 373/429 Prizes: $141,570 ($340,016 total) Local Time: 12:41 PM Action was caught after the river of 3♠10♥6♠Q♦8♠, and small blind was quick to check.
Gregory Wood fired for 8,000, and his opponent made the call.
Wood revealed 9♠6♠ to take down the pot.
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Bitton Climbs
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 365/399 Prizes: $131,670 ($330,116 total) Local Time: 12:26 PM Action was caught after the flop of 5♠4♣J♠, and middle position moved all in for 29,500. Nadav Bitton made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: J♥10♣
Nadav Bitton: 8♠4♠The board completed with the 10♥6♠ to give Bitton the pot.
Nadav Bitton: 115,800
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Aggression Pays for Joyal
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 321/346 Prizes: $114,180 ($312,626 total) Local Time: 12:03 PM Pierre Joyal raised to 800 from the button, and three players made the call.
The flop came Q♠A♦9♥, and action checked through.
After the turn came the 3♥, action checked to Joyal. He fired for 1,600, and all three players made the call.
The river came the 2♦, and again action checked to Joyal. He blasted for 3,800, and was rewarded with the pot.
Pierre Joyal: 37,900
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Desjarlais Finds an Early KO
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 289/297 Prizes: $98,010 ($296,456 total) Local Time: 11:40 AM Action was caught after the turn of 4♣10♦A♦K♥, and under the gun led out for 4,200. Steven Desjarlais raised to 10,000, and under the gun made the call.
The river came the 7♦, and under the gun moved all in for 12,700. Desjarlais made the call, and revealed A♥K♦ to best his opponent’s A♣10♥.
Steven Desjarlais: 59,400
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New With Jiggities
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 238/262 Prizes: $86,460 ($284,906 total) Local Time: 11:27 AM Action was caught after the turn of 2♠4♣6♠2♥, and early position was quick to check. Raymond New fired for 8,500 from the cutoff, and early position made the call.
The river came the 8♠, and both players were quick to check. New revealed J♣J♦ to take the pot.
Raymond New: 38,400
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The Monster is Huge — 1b of the Monster Stack runs Wednesday
Event #10: $400 Monster Stack NLH Day 1B ($330 + $70)
Date: Jan 14, 11 AM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Late Entry: 12 Levels (~6:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: 24 Levels or 5% of the Field Entries: 32/633 Prizes: $208,375 The trend so far in this series has been big fields that beat both series from 2025. Jan 2025 was the second biggest series ever for WSOP-C Calgary, with $5,740,395 in total prizes. That was less than $100k under the Jan 2024 record of $5,808,951.
After the Mini Main Event set a new regional record, crushing the record Jan 2024 4-Flight numbers, it started to look like this series was going to be the biggest ever, and the interest in the Monster Stack so far continues to bear that delicious fruit. Day 1a of this Monster game is the biggest Monster 1a so far here in Calgary, surpassing both the Jan 2024 & Jan 2025 1a numbers (Jan 2025 was the biggest Monster Stack ever in Calgary).
The final flight to the Monster runs on Wednesday at 11 am, and players can buy in for 12 levels. The desk should close for this one around 6:15 PM. Players start with 40k, and play 30-minute levels on Day 1, with the hard stop after 24 levels, or at 5% of the field, whichever comes first.
It remains to be seen what the turnout for 1b will be. 1b of the record 2025 game saw 947 entries, but with 1a significantly ahead of last year, and with the huge turnouts across the rest of the events, the final Monster flight could easily hit four digits, and will likely compete for the second-biggest field ever here at WSOP-C Calgary.
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Joshua Greville Tames the Monster; 32 Advance
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 32/633 Prizes: $208,375 ($54,111 Awarded on Day 1a) Local Time: 12 Midnight Joshua Greville was the big stack at the end of the opening flight to the Monster Stack Day 2. He bagged up 1.855 million at the end of the night, one of seven players to stack up more than a million.
Day 1a Stacks from the Monster
Player Chips BB Joshua Greville 1,855,000 46.4 Allen Shen 1,750,000 43.8 Jacob Anderson 1,235,000 30.9 Jordan Matsui 1,174,000 29.4 Donald Cowie 1,125,000 28.1 Jordon Johnstone 1,100,000 27.5 Waylon Gibson 1,065,000 26.6 Mehmet Siginc 940,000 23.5 Petar Amic 935,000 23.4 Donald Arsenault 900,000 22.5 Scott Serwa 885,000 22.1 Louis Collette 805,000 20.1 David Zoerb 785,000 19.6 Ryan Johal 740,000 18.5 Minh Lieu 725,000 18.1 Scott Stuve 680,000 17.0 Rahul Sharma 675,000 16.9 Kamyar Amini 670,000 16.8 Richard Broger 670,000 16.8 Debi Loomer 660,000 16.5 Daniel Lefebvre 660,000 16.5 Richard Berenbaum 570,000 14.3 Sandra Axelson 470,000 11.8 Elvis Kastrati 415,000 10.4 Ran Yi 330,000 8.3 Brayden Brown 325,000 8.1 Michael Farrow 315,000 7.9 Adam Worr 275,000 6.9 Christian Mirkovic 255,000 6.4 Vincent Lam 195,000 4.9 Jonathan Kwon 190,000 4.8 Dennis Didow 80,000 2.0 -
Day 1a Monster Stack Payouts
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 32/633 Prizes: $208,375 ($54,111 Awarded on Day 1a) Local Time: 12 Midnight Day 1a of the Monster Stack played out on Tuesday, and the Monster was huge. 633 entries for this series beat both the October and Jan 2025 Monster numbers.
They played just over 22 levels in Day 1a, with the action ending at 5% of the field with 25:02 remaining in Level 23, the penultimate level on the Day 1 schedule. Day 1b runs on Wednesday, and 1,000 entries for the final Monster flight isn’t out of the question.
Day 1a Monster Stack Cashouts
Place Player Prize 33 Jacob Paterson$1,108 34 Dnr$1,108 35 Rauno Tahvonen$1,108 36 Graham Lupton$988 37 William Pacarynuk$988 38 Caleb Trenh$988 39 Thomas Jansen$988 40 Gabriel Nahas$988 41 Jeffery Piercy$988 42 Robert Lothian$988 43 Claude Gaudet$988 44 Richard Pepito$988 45 James Werry$848 46 Aaron La$848 47 Karen Dodd$848 48 Martinus Kaspers$848 49 Joshua Lindberg$848 50 Graham Richards$848 51 Ragnar Parn$848 52 Jeffrey Reardon$848 53 Jason Kelly$848 54 Christopher Alcindor$848 55 Steven Labelle$848 56 Marc Lavergne$848 57 Edward Sorensen$848 58 Jerod Dobson$848 59 Zizhu Zhao$848 60 Viet Vo$848 61 Tedde Ballanger$848 62 Krys Alipio$848 63 Robert Acorn$807 64 Jean-Philipp Heroux$807 65 David Krause$807 66 Alicia Dodds$807 67 Victor Ma$807 68 Shane Brotherwood$807 69 Richard Gilliard$807 70 Ankhbayar Bayar$807 71 Hien Vo$807 72 Brent Grabher$807 73 Chris Mata$807 74 Richard Mullen$807 75 Ashkan Razavi$807 76 Jennifer Peters$807 77 Dallis Kerbrat$807 78 David Dickie$807 79 Gordon Chester$807 80 Chengdong Zhao$807 81 Simon Quintal$807 82 David Vandertorre$807 83 Eric Dunham$807 84 Ronald Berdusco$807 85 Thi Nguyen$807 86 
Tien Tran$807 87 David Macneil$807 88 Philip Roque$807 89 Regan Duong$807 90 Hugo Soares$807 91 Lap Chi Duong$807 92 Chery Torrico$807 93 Jeremy Janes$807 94 Abite Shawile$807 95 Patrick Tardif$807 -
Down to 45
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 45/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 11:30 PM The Monster Stack Day 1a is now 13 off the end of the night, with 25 minutes to play in Level 22. It still looks like a decent bet for this one to finish before the end of Level 24, but the action has stalled recently, so it’s a bit up in the air.
I’m pretty busy in the Chrome room with two other tournaments in the money, so I haven’t been able to keep up with the bustouts in this one. I’ll update all the Day 1a cashes and the chip counts for surviving players after this game bags up for the night.
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18 Off the End of Day 1a
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 50/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 10:40 PM Day 1a of the Monster is down to 50 left on the final break of the day. They’ll be back at the felt in about 10 minutes for the final four levels of the scheduled night, but they might end earlier if they hit 32 players before the end of Level 24.
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58 Remain in Day 1a
Level: 20 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 56/633 Prizes: $208,375 Local Time: 10:25 PM The 1a field is down to 58 players left now, but I’m a bit behind on the bustouts at the moment. I’ll get the rest of the Day 1a pay updated as soon as I can, but the Two-Day $1k is 6-Handed at the final table, so I’m a bit busy in Chrome.
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Some Early Cashouts from the Monster
Level: 19 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 79/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 9:45 PM Place Player Prize 80 Chengdong Zhao$807 81 Simon Quintal$807 82 David Vandertorre$807 83 Eric Dunham$807 84 Stugots403$807 85 Babyshark!$807 86 Tien Tran$807 87 David Macneil$807 88 Philip Roque$807 89 Regan Duong$807 90 Hugo Soares$807 91 Lap Chi Dupng$807 92 Cherry Torrico$807 93 Jeremy Janes$807 94 Abite Shawile$807 95 Patrick Tardif$807 -
In the 1a Money with 95 Remaining
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 95/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 9:10 PM Bubble play was short in Day 1a of the Monster Stack tonight, and the remaining 95 players are now in the money. Day 1 pay events don’t have a prize pool under the payouts tab until Day 2 action, so I’ll post bustouts in the posts as they go. Once the event is complete, a full list of cashers will be posted, including Day 1 pay.
Note that I only have access to the public app for Day 1 cashes, and that doesn’t always show real names, so some of the reported cashes tonight will be aliases instead of full names. The full names of cashers will be reported after the event with a combined list of all Day 1 payouts, as well as the Day 2 money.
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2 Off the 1a Money Spots
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 97/633 Prizes: $208,375 Local Time: 8:55 PM They are down to 97 remaining in Day 1a of the Monster Stack. There are about 10 minutes remaining in Level 17, so they should be in bubble play very shortly. Once they get into the money, they’ll keep playing until there are 34 players remaining, or until the end of Level 24, whichever comes first.
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Nearing the Day 1a Money Spots
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 102/633 Prizes: $208,375 Local Time: 8:25 PM The Day 1a field in the Monster Stack is closing in on the money with 102 players remaining and 95 paid spots. They’ll play down to 32 players, or until the end of Level 24, whichever comes first, with the remaining players bagging up for Day 2.
Day 1a Prizes
Place Prize 1 $39,098 2 $26,029 3 $17,841 4 $12,469 5 $8,869 6 $6,467 7 $4,802 8 $3,642 9 $2,822 10 $2,236 11 $2,236 12 $1,811 13 $1,811 14 $1,502 15 $1,502 16 $1,502 17 $1,502 18 $1,275 19 $1,275 20 $1,275 21 $1,275 22 $1,275 23 $1,275 24 $1,275 25 $1,275 26 $1,275 27 $1,108 28 $1,108 29 $1,108 30 $1,108 31 $1,108 32 $1,108 33 $1,108 34 $1,108 35 $1,108 36 $988 37 $988 38 $988 39 $988 40 $988 41 $988 42 $988 43 $988 44 $988 45 $848 46 $848 47 $848 48 $848 49 $848 50 $848 51 $848 52 $848 53 $848 54 $848 55 $848 56 $848 57 $848 58 $848 59 $848 60 $848 61 $848 62 $848 63 $807 64 $807 65 $807 66 $807 67 $807 68 $807 69 $807 70 $807 71 $807 72 $807 73 $807 74 $807 75 $807 76 $807 77 $807 78 $807 79 $807 80 $807 81 $807 82 $807 83 $807 84 $807 85 $807 86 $807 87 $807 88 $807 89 $807 90 $807 91 $807 92 $807 93 $807 94 $807 95 $807 -
Updated Stacks
Player Chip Count Chris Mata 441,000 Waylon Gibson 440,000 Louis Coulette 421,000 Christopher Alcindor 407,000 James Werry 400,000 Victor Ma 399,000 Edward Sorensen 331,000 Daniel Lefebvre 330,000 Jacob Anderson 327,000 Kamyar Amini 326,000 -
95 Day 1a Pay Spots
Level: 14 (3000/5000/5000) Entries: 169/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 7:00 PM They are down to 169 players left in 1a of the Monster Stack, with about 15 minutes to play in Level 14. 95 players will get paid from today’s action, but at least 32 of those will bag up to get their payout on Thursday’s Day 2. The action ong Day 1 continues until the end of Level 24, or they hit 5% of the field, whichever comes first.
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Monster Stack Opens with 633 Entries
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 227/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 6:25 PM Entries are now closed for the opening flight of the Monster Stack, and the field is significantly ahead of October’s numbers. This game saw more than 150 extra entries over the same flight in October, and with Day 1b expected to be bigger, it bodes well for a field of 1,500+ by the time entries close on 1b Wednesday.
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Big Stacks at the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Viktor Ma 399,000 Kamyar Amini 326,000 Eric Dunham 291,500 Brayden Brown 286,000 Christopher Alcindor 280,000 Christopher Iriye 268,000 Waylon Gibson 267,000 Frederic Robert 259,000 Evan Thomas 246,000 Todd Stokowski 236,000 -
More than 600 Entries for Opening Flight of the Monster
Level: 12 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 238/605 Prizes: $199,650 Local Time: 5:20 PM There is about an hour left to enter the opening flight of the Monster stack, and the opening-day numbers are very encouraging. The field is already over 600 entries, significantly ahead of the 487 total entries seen in this flight in October 2025.
The final tally for October’s Monster Stack was 1,203, and with the current pace, and a bigger 1b expected tomorrow, it looks like this game could crack 1,500 entries.
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Monster Stack Surpasses Expectations
With just over an hour and a half remaining for entry, Day 1a of the $400 Monster Stack has already seen a surge of entries. Only 266 of the 582 total entries remain. This has combined for just over a $200,000 prize pool with the final flight still to come tomorrow. Be sure to jump into the action as this is one you won’t want to miss.
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Updated Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 214,800 Lap Duong 210,000 Eric Dunham 198,000 Rahul Sharma 194,000 Mitchell Fox 180,000 Waylon Gibson 172,500 Christopher Alcindor 172,000 Brayden Brown 167,500 David Dickie 161,500 Kip Howard 160,000 -
Monster Stack is On the Rise
Day 1a of the Monster Stack is seeing early success, with 465 unique entries. Of the field, 324 remain drawing in a total prize pool of $159,992. Late Registration is open for another three and a half hours with the final flight starting tomorrow. This tournament is another that will join the record books as the series crescendo’s to the Main Event on the weekend. Stay tuned for a chip update to shortly follow.
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Dueces Never Lose for Perry
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 315/386 Prizes: $131,917 Local Time: 1:35 PM Action was caught after the flop of 6♠2♥6♥, and Perry Burrell led out for 5,000. Late position made the call, and Gideon Perry moved all in for 15,800. Burrell shoved over the top for 55,000, and late position made the call. The three players revealed their holdings.
Gideon Perry: 2♠2♣
Late Position: K♥Q♦
Perry Burell: J♣J♥The board ran out 8♠8♣ to for Perry and Burrell to each take a portion of the pot.
Perry Burrell: 75,000
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Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Richard Broger 153,000 Norman Shapiro 140,600 Denis Mujcin 120,000 Kenneth Upton 103,000 Louis Collette 103,000 Jason Chan 102,500 Tomislav Pavkovic 101,000 Kunal Pun 100,000 Cherry Torrico 100,000 Adam Cygman 100,000 -
777 For Pepito
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 282/216 Prizes: $108,240 Local Time: 12:35 PM Action was caught after the turn of 7♣7♦10♠4♦, and the small blind was quick to check. Early position fired for 2,500, and Richard Pepito called from middle position. So did the big blind.
The river came the 9♠, and action checked to Pepito. He fired for 7,100, and early position made the call. Pepito revealed 7♥6♥ to take the pot.
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Bullets for Dobson
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 277/301 Prizes: $103,166 Local Time: 12:22 PM Jerod Dobson opened to 800 from the button, and the big blind moved all in for 7,200. Dobson made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: 10♣9♦
Jerod Dobson: A♠A♦The board ran out 8♥Q♦6♣7♥8♦ for Dobson to take the pot.
Jerod Dobson: 86,500
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Torrico Makes a Bicycle
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 262/281 Prizes: $96,739 Local Time: 12:11 PM Action was caught after the turn of 8♦5♣2♥6♦A♣, and the big blind was quick to check. Cherry Torrico fired for 3,000, and big blind made the call.
Cherry Torrico revealed 4♣3♣ for the bicycle.
Cherry Torrico: 62,600
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Cosco Makes the Call
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 225/229 Prizes: $78,812 Local Time: 11:35 AM Action was caught after the turn came the 4♥8♥2♥9♣, and Joseph Cosco was quick to check from the small blind. The button fired for 1,000, and was called.
The river came the 2♠, and both players checked. Cosco revealed 8♦7♠ to take the pot.
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Lothian Soars to the Chip Lead
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 304/305 Prizes: $71,032 Local Time: 11:21 AM Action was caught after the board ran out 8♠9♥9♣A♣5♥, and the small blind fired for 14,900.
Rob Lothian moved all in for 38,100, and the small blind made the call. Lothian revealed 9♠9♦ to best his opponent’s 8♥8♦.
Rob Lothian: 80,200
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The Monster Approaches
Event #10: $400 Monster Stack NLH Day 1A ($330 + $70)
Date: Day 1a: Jun 13, 11 AM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Late Entry: 12 Levels (~6:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: 24 Levels or 5% of the field It’s time for the Monster Stack. Traditionally, this tends to be one of the biggest fields of the series, and given the numbers so far, it seems like this series will be no different. The Day 1a action kicks off at 11 AM in the Sundance room.
All players start with 40k in chips, and blinds are 30 minutes long for Day 1 play. Entries are open for 12 levels, with the final shot at entry at about 6:15 PM. After that, they play down to 5% of the field or the end of Level 24, whichever comes first.
Corey Arsenault, winner of the Monster Stack In October, Corey Arsenault picked up his first of two rings in the Monster Stack. He made it through a field of 1,203 to get heads-up against Anthony Casten. Arsenault was down to less than a big blind at one point in the endgame before mounting a huge comeback for the win. Casten was in the game with a max-late reg for 10 bigs, and spun that up to heads up.
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Joshua Greville Tames the Monster; 32 Advance
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 32/633 Prizes: $208,375 ($54,111 Awarded on Day 1a) Local Time: 12 Midnight Joshua Greville was the big stack at the end of the opening flight to the Monster Stack Day 2. He bagged up 1.855 million at the end of the night, one of seven players to stack up more than a million.
Day 1a Stacks from the Monster
Player Chips BB Joshua Greville 1,855,000 46.4 Allen Shen 1,750,000 43.8 Jacob Anderson 1,235,000 30.9 Jordan Matsui 1,174,000 29.4 Donald Cowie 1,125,000 28.1 Jordon Johnstone 1,100,000 27.5 Waylon Gibson 1,065,000 26.6 Mehmet Siginc 940,000 23.5 Petar Amic 935,000 23.4 Donald Arsenault 900,000 22.5 Scott Serwa 885,000 22.1 Louis Collette 805,000 20.1 David Zoerb 785,000 19.6 Ryan Johal 740,000 18.5 Minh Lieu 725,000 18.1 Scott Stuve 680,000 17.0 Rahul Sharma 675,000 16.9 Kamyar Amini 670,000 16.8 Richard Broger 670,000 16.8 Debi Loomer 660,000 16.5 Daniel Lefebvre 660,000 16.5 Richard Berenbaum 570,000 14.3 Sandra Axelson 470,000 11.8 Elvis Kastrati 415,000 10.4 Ran Yi 330,000 8.3 Brayden Brown 325,000 8.1 Michael Farrow 315,000 7.9 Adam Worr 275,000 6.9 Christian Mirkovic 255,000 6.4 Vincent Lam 195,000 4.9 Jonathan Kwon 190,000 4.8 Dennis Didow 80,000 2.0 -
Day 1a Monster Stack Payouts
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 32/633 Prizes: $208,375 ($54,111 Awarded on Day 1a) Local Time: 12 Midnight Day 1a of the Monster Stack played out on Tuesday, and the Monster was huge. 633 entries for this series beat both the October and Jan 2025 Monster numbers.
They played just over 22 levels in Day 1a, with the action ending at 5% of the field with 25:02 remaining in Level 23, the penultimate level on the Day 1 schedule. Day 1b runs on Wednesday, and 1,000 entries for the final Monster flight isn’t out of the question.
Day 1a Monster Stack Cashouts
Place Player Prize 33 Jacob Paterson$1,108 34 Dnr$1,108 35 Rauno Tahvonen$1,108 36 Graham Lupton$988 37 William Pacarynuk$988 38 Caleb Trenh$988 39 Thomas Jansen$988 40 Gabriel Nahas$988 41 Jeffery Piercy$988 42 Robert Lothian$988 43 Claude Gaudet$988 44 Richard Pepito$988 45 James Werry$848 46 Aaron La$848 47 Karen Dodd$848 48 Martinus Kaspers$848 49 Joshua Lindberg$848 50 Graham Richards$848 51 Ragnar Parn$848 52 Jeffrey Reardon$848 53 Jason Kelly$848 54 Christopher Alcindor$848 55 Steven Labelle$848 56 Marc Lavergne$848 57 Edward Sorensen$848 58 Jerod Dobson$848 59 Zizhu Zhao$848 60 Viet Vo$848 61 Tedde Ballanger$848 62 Krys Alipio$848 63 Robert Acorn$807 64 Jean-Philipp Heroux$807 65 David Krause$807 66 Alicia Dodds$807 67 Victor Ma$807 68 Shane Brotherwood$807 69 Richard Gilliard$807 70 Ankhbayar Bayar$807 71 Hien Vo$807 72 Brent Grabher$807 73 Chris Mata$807 74 Richard Mullen$807 75 Ashkan Razavi$807 76 Jennifer Peters$807 77 Dallis Kerbrat$807 78 David Dickie$807 79 Gordon Chester$807 80 Chengdong Zhao$807 81 Simon Quintal$807 82 David Vandertorre$807 83 Eric Dunham$807 84 Ronald Berdusco$807 85 Thi Nguyen$807 86 Tien Tran$807 87 David Macneil$807 88 Philip Roque$807 89 Regan Duong$807 90 Hugo Soares$807 91 Lap Chi Duong$807 92 Chery Torrico$807 93 Jeremy Janes$807 94 Abite Shawile$807 95 Patrick Tardif$807 -
Down to 45
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 45/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 11:30 PM The Monster Stack Day 1a is now 13 off the end of the night, with 25 minutes to play in Level 22. It still looks like a decent bet for this one to finish before the end of Level 24, but the action has stalled recently, so it’s a bit up in the air.
I’m pretty busy in the Chrome room with two other tournaments in the money, so I haven’t been able to keep up with the bustouts in this one. I’ll update all the Day 1a cashes and the chip counts for surviving players after this game bags up for the night.
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18 Off the End of Day 1a
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 50/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 10:40 PM Day 1a of the Monster is down to 50 left on the final break of the day. They’ll be back at the felt in about 10 minutes for the final four levels of the scheduled night, but they might end earlier if they hit 32 players before the end of Level 24.
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58 Remain in Day 1a
Level: 20 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 56/633 Prizes: $208,375 Local Time: 10:25 PM The 1a field is down to 58 players left now, but I’m a bit behind on the bustouts at the moment. I’ll get the rest of the Day 1a pay updated as soon as I can, but the Two-Day $1k is 6-Handed at the final table, so I’m a bit busy in Chrome.
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Some Early Cashouts from the Monster
Level: 19 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 79/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 9:45 PM Place Player Prize 80 Chengdong Zhao$807 81 Simon Quintal$807 82 David Vandertorre$807 83 Eric Dunham$807 84 Stugots403$807 85 Babyshark!$807 86 Tien Tran$807 87 David Macneil$807 88 Philip Roque$807 89 Regan Duong$807 90 Hugo Soares$807 91 Lap Chi Dupng$807 92 Cherry Torrico$807 93 Jeremy Janes$807 94 Abite Shawile$807 95 Patrick Tardif$807 -
In the 1a Money with 95 Remaining
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 95/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 9:10 PM Bubble play was short in Day 1a of the Monster Stack tonight, and the remaining 95 players are now in the money. Day 1 pay events don’t have a prize pool under the payouts tab until Day 2 action, so I’ll post bustouts in the posts as they go. Once the event is complete, a full list of cashers will be posted, including Day 1 pay.
Note that I only have access to the public app for Day 1 cashes, and that doesn’t always show real names, so some of the reported cashes tonight will be aliases instead of full names. The full names of cashers will be reported after the event with a combined list of all Day 1 payouts, as well as the Day 2 money.
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2 Off the 1a Money Spots
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 97/633 Prizes: $208,375 Local Time: 8:55 PM They are down to 97 remaining in Day 1a of the Monster Stack. There are about 10 minutes remaining in Level 17, so they should be in bubble play very shortly. Once they get into the money, they’ll keep playing until there are 34 players remaining, or until the end of Level 24, whichever comes first.
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Nearing the Day 1a Money Spots
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 102/633 Prizes: $208,375 Local Time: 8:25 PM The Day 1a field in the Monster Stack is closing in on the money with 102 players remaining and 95 paid spots. They’ll play down to 32 players, or until the end of Level 24, whichever comes first, with the remaining players bagging up for Day 2.
Day 1a Prizes
Place Prize 1 $39,098 2 $26,029 3 $17,841 4 $12,469 5 $8,869 6 $6,467 7 $4,802 8 $3,642 9 $2,822 10 $2,236 11 $2,236 12 $1,811 13 $1,811 14 $1,502 15 $1,502 16 $1,502 17 $1,502 18 $1,275 19 $1,275 20 $1,275 21 $1,275 22 $1,275 23 $1,275 24 $1,275 25 $1,275 26 $1,275 27 $1,108 28 $1,108 29 $1,108 30 $1,108 31 $1,108 32 $1,108 33 $1,108 34 $1,108 35 $1,108 36 $988 37 $988 38 $988 39 $988 40 $988 41 $988 42 $988 43 $988 44 $988 45 $848 46 $848 47 $848 48 $848 49 $848 50 $848 51 $848 52 $848 53 $848 54 $848 55 $848 56 $848 57 $848 58 $848 59 $848 60 $848 61 $848 62 $848 63 $807 64 $807 65 $807 66 $807 67 $807 68 $807 69 $807 70 $807 71 $807 72 $807 73 $807 74 $807 75 $807 76 $807 77 $807 78 $807 79 $807 80 $807 81 $807 82 $807 83 $807 84 $807 85 $807 86 $807 87 $807 88 $807 89 $807 90 $807 91 $807 92 $807 93 $807 94 $807 95 $807 -
Updated Stacks
Player Chip Count Chris Mata 441,000 Waylon Gibson 440,000 Louis Coulette 421,000 Christopher Alcindor 407,000 James Werry 400,000 Victor Ma 399,000 Edward Sorensen 331,000 Daniel Lefebvre 330,000 Jacob Anderson 327,000 Kamyar Amini 326,000 -
95 Day 1a Pay Spots
Level: 14 (3000/5000/5000) Entries: 169/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 7:00 PM They are down to 169 players left in 1a of the Monster Stack, with about 15 minutes to play in Level 14. 95 players will get paid from today’s action, but at least 32 of those will bag up to get their payout on Thursday’s Day 2. The action ong Day 1 continues until the end of Level 24, or they hit 5% of the field, whichever comes first.
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Monster Stack Opens with 633 Entries
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 227/633 Prizes: $208,890 Local Time: 6:25 PM Entries are now closed for the opening flight of the Monster Stack, and the field is significantly ahead of October’s numbers. This game saw more than 150 extra entries over the same flight in October, and with Day 1b expected to be bigger, it bodes well for a field of 1,500+ by the time entries close on 1b Wednesday.
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Big Stacks at the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Viktor Ma 399,000 Kamyar Amini 326,000 Eric Dunham 291,500 Brayden Brown 286,000 Christopher Alcindor 280,000 Christopher Iriye 268,000 Waylon Gibson 267,000 Frederic Robert 259,000 Evan Thomas 246,000 Todd Stokowski 236,000 -
More than 600 Entries for Opening Flight of the Monster
Level: 12 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 238/605 Prizes: $199,650 Local Time: 5:20 PM There is about an hour left to enter the opening flight of the Monster stack, and the opening-day numbers are very encouraging. The field is already over 600 entries, significantly ahead of the 487 total entries seen in this flight in October 2025.
The final tally for October’s Monster Stack was 1,203, and with the current pace, and a bigger 1b expected tomorrow, it looks like this game could crack 1,500 entries.
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Monster Stack Surpasses Expectations
With just over an hour and a half remaining for entry, Day 1a of the $400 Monster Stack has already seen a surge of entries. Only 266 of the 582 total entries remain. This has combined for just over a $200,000 prize pool with the final flight still to come tomorrow. Be sure to jump into the action as this is one you won’t want to miss.
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Updated Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 214,800 Lap Duong 210,000 Eric Dunham 198,000 Rahul Sharma 194,000 Mitchell Fox 180,000 Waylon Gibson 172,500 Christopher Alcindor 172,000 Brayden Brown 167,500 David Dickie 161,500 Kip Howard 160,000 -
Monster Stack is On the Rise
Day 1a of the Monster Stack is seeing early success, with 465 unique entries. Of the field, 324 remain drawing in a total prize pool of $159,992. Late Registration is open for another three and a half hours with the final flight starting tomorrow. This tournament is another that will join the record books as the series crescendo’s to the Main Event on the weekend. Stay tuned for a chip update to shortly follow.
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Dueces Never Lose for Perry
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 315/386 Prizes: $131,917 Local Time: 1:35 PM Action was caught after the flop of 6♠2♥6♥, and Perry Burrell led out for 5,000. Late position made the call, and Gideon Perry moved all in for 15,800. Burrell shoved over the top for 55,000, and late position made the call. The three players revealed their holdings.
Gideon Perry: 2♠2♣
Late Position: K♥Q♦
Perry Burell: J♣J♥The board ran out 8♠8♣ to for Perry and Burrell to each take a portion of the pot.
Perry Burrell: 75,000
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Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Richard Broger 153,000 Norman Shapiro 140,600 Denis Mujcin 120,000 Kenneth Upton 103,000 Louis Collette 103,000 Jason Chan 102,500 Tomislav Pavkovic 101,000 Kunal Pun 100,000 Cherry Torrico 100,000 Adam Cygman 100,000 -
777 For Pepito
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 282/216 Prizes: $108,240 Local Time: 12:35 PM Action was caught after the turn of 7♣7♦10♠4♦, and the small blind was quick to check. Early position fired for 2,500, and Richard Pepito called from middle position. So did the big blind.
The river came the 9♠, and action checked to Pepito. He fired for 7,100, and early position made the call. Pepito revealed 7♥6♥ to take the pot.
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Bullets for Dobson
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 277/301 Prizes: $103,166 Local Time: 12:22 PM Jerod Dobson opened to 800 from the button, and the big blind moved all in for 7,200. Dobson made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: 10♣9♦
Jerod Dobson: A♠A♦The board ran out 8♥Q♦6♣7♥8♦ for Dobson to take the pot.
Jerod Dobson: 86,500
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Torrico Makes a Bicycle
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 262/281 Prizes: $96,739 Local Time: 12:11 PM Action was caught after the turn of 8♦5♣2♥6♦A♣, and the big blind was quick to check. Cherry Torrico fired for 3,000, and big blind made the call.
Cherry Torrico revealed 4♣3♣ for the bicycle.
Cherry Torrico: 62,600
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Cosco Makes the Call
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 225/229 Prizes: $78,812 Local Time: 11:35 AM Action was caught after the turn came the 4♥8♥2♥9♣, and Joseph Cosco was quick to check from the small blind. The button fired for 1,000, and was called.
The river came the 2♠, and both players checked. Cosco revealed 8♦7♠ to take the pot.
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Lothian Soars to the Chip Lead
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 304/305 Prizes: $71,032 Local Time: 11:21 AM Action was caught after the board ran out 8♠9♥9♣A♣5♥, and the small blind fired for 14,900.
Rob Lothian moved all in for 38,100, and the small blind made the call. Lothian revealed 9♠9♦ to best his opponent’s 8♥8♦.
Rob Lothian: 80,200
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The Monster Approaches
Event #10: $400 Monster Stack NLH Day 1A ($330 + $70)
Date: Day 1a: Jun 13, 11 AM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Late Entry: 12 Levels (~6:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: 24 Levels or 5% of the field It’s time for the Monster Stack. Traditionally, this tends to be one of the biggest fields of the series, and given the numbers so far, it seems like this series will be no different. The Day 1a action kicks off at 11 AM in the Sundance room.
All players start with 40k in chips, and blinds are 30 minutes long for Day 1 play. Entries are open for 12 levels, with the final shot at entry at about 6:15 PM. After that, they play down to 5% of the field or the end of Level 24, whichever comes first.
Corey Arsenault, winner of the Monster Stack In October, Corey Arsenault picked up his first of two rings in the Monster Stack. He made it through a field of 1,203 to get heads-up against Anthony Casten. Arsenault was down to less than a big blind at one point in the endgame before mounting a huge comeback for the win. Casten was in the game with a max-late reg for 10 bigs, and spun that up to heads up.
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Day 1b Stacks
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 52/1,023 (84/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 1:05 AM Player Chips Jiajie Sheng 3,210,000 Phong Truong 1,900,000 James Ward 1,730,000 Frank Gallie 1,460,000 Richard Leblanc 1,370,000 Geno Dick 1,300,000 Jackson Oniske 1,253,000 Julius Roque 1,235,000 Richard Pepito 1,180,000 Ashkan Razavi 1,125,000 Scot Munro 1,120,000 Gregory Wood 1,095,000 Joshua Lindberg 1,090,000 Malachy Hagan 1,065,000 Cole Harmon 995,000 Ryan Smith 990,000 Carlos Alaniz 975,000 Christopher Alcindor 955,000 Joshua Wallace 950,000 Youssef Hmama 920,000 Jimmy Lee 865,000 Morgan Jantzen 850,000 Jason Chan 830,000 Philip Dobrikin 830,000 Alen Bakovic 825,000 Reza Yazdani Aminabadi 770,000 Chad Blumes 610,000 Benjamin Cooper 595,000 Zhixiang Li 560,000 Kyle Cook 535,000 Jack Vaccarello 530,000 Christopher Brayant 495,000 Lance Jones 465,000 Devon Rissling 430,000 Vincent Jamieson 410,000 Darlene Lee 395,000 Shenhong Yang 390,000 Edwin Kuntz 390,000 Victor Ma 365,000 Darcy Wright 360,000 Shannon Mckee 355,000 Nitin Verma 345,000 Scott Gailfus 335,000 Mathiraj Sabanathan 330,000 Steven Bridgeo 310,000 Eric Dunham 300,000 Jesse Piteau 295,000 Ryan Biermann 285,000 Tien Tran 205,000 Anand Dattani 180,000 Aaron Ryan 130,000 Perry Rouzes 20,000 -
Day 1b Payouts
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 52/1,023 (84/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 12:30 AM Place Player Prize 53 Mohsen Shafizadeh$1,171 54 Alicia Dodds$1,051 55 Tyler Thomas$1,051 56 Wille Scott$1,051 57 Ryan Mcclean$1,051 58 Calvin Lake$1,051 59 Jason Kelly$1,051 60 David Ballantine$1,051 61 Nizar Tajdin$1,051 62 Zeyu Du$1,051 63 David Kumar$963 64 Ferida Balic$963 65 Kris Steinbach$963 66 Dave Mcleod$963 67 Jeff Charlebois$963 68 Murray Kristoff$963 69 Wilfred Mcnelly$963 70 Harri Heinonkari$963 71 Donald Fujita$963 72 Rauno Tahvonen$901 73 Jasmin Tate$901 74 Tony Le$901 75 Eldon Doupe$901 76 Shane Brotherwood$901 77 Matthew Osorio$901 78 Alexander Bylicki$901 79 David Crowchild$901 80 Harminder Aujla$901 81 Sean Sztyler$861 82 Scott Fingland$861 83 Jody Brett$861 84 Alex Liu$861 85 Richard Mullen$861 86 Seamus Mcgearty$861 87 Himanshu Thapar$861 88 Mehdi Saeed$861 89 Jason Yang$861 90 Denis Mujcin$841 91 Angelo Jopek$841 92 Manish Ralh$841 93 Douglas Lee$841 94 Chen Chen$841 95 Norapat Arunyakanon$841 96 Nathan Coxford$841 97 Qing Yang$841 98 Kenneth Upton$841 99 Aaron Froese$801 100 Richard Rex$801 101 Joon Park$801 102 DJ Sharma$801 103 Nicola Tassone$801 104 Andrew Goosen$801 105 Isabelo Bagsac$801 106 Ramaz Haymour$801 107 Michael Baldwin$801 108 Tyler Delege$801 109 Hugo Soares$801 110 Kaan Becer$801 111 Katherine Quinn$801 112 Jan Rofuli$801 113 Ryan Simmonds$801 114 Christopher Lau$801 115 Seyed Seyednabian$801 116 Nicholas Teeuwen$801 117 Jack Dick$801 118 Rene Schmidt$801 119 Edward Sorensen$801 120 Michael Malm$801 121 Robert Kliss$801 122 Marc Lavergne$801 123 Gurdeep Parhar$801 124 Bayar Gombosuren$801 125 Wolfgang Tietz$801 126 Michael Wo$801 127 Wayne Hoffert$801 128 Regan Duong$801 129 Joshua Hopkins$801 130 Sean Pevlin$801 131 Gaetano Buda$801 132 Zhi Yang$801 133 Wyatt Reader$801 134 Andrew Tilston$801 135 Hai Oan$801 136 Wayne Scott$801 137 Joel Bullock$801 138 Tyler Panas$801 139 Clark Mckay$801 140 Steven Kraljevic$801 141 Ryan Kenoras$801 142 Trent Sapach$801 143 Edward Hakim$801 144 Joel Hogue$801 145 Shariq Khan$801 146 Darcy Mcdonald$801 147 Seong Choi$801 148 Bryce Harrison$801 149 Karamjeet Shergill$801 150 Tim Yu$801 151 Martin Messier$801 152 Qingwei Meng$801 153 Douglas Cornelson$801 154 Ayman Mahfoud$801 -
Day 1b is Complete
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 52/1,023 (84/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 12:00 Midnight Day 1b is now complete, with 52 players remaining. The remaining players are currently bagging their chips for Day 2. Stay tuned for the full payouts from Day 1b, as well as the 1b stacks coming shortly, with the full Day 2 stacks and seat assignments to follow after that.
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Day 2 Bubble to Start Level 23
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 53/1,023 (85/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 11:50 PM Level 23 has just started, and they are on the bubble to the end of the night. There are 53 players left, and 52 players should bag, so the night will be over after the next elimination.
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5 Off the Bags
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 57/1,023 (89/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 11:40 PM Just 10 minutes remain in Level 22, with the field down to 57 players left. That leaves them 5 eliminations off the end of the night, so it seems likely that Level 23 will be the final level of Day 1b.
Stay tuned after the day ends for a full look at Day 1b cashouts, as well as the stacks moving forward into Day 2. At the moment, it looks like James Ward is leading the way with 1.7 million, while Andy Truong, who was at the $1k FT yesterday and won the High Roller ring here in October, is second with just over 1.535 million.
Top Ten Stacks
Player Chips James Ward 1,700,000 Andy Truong 1,535,000 Geno Dick 1,450,000 Scot Munro 1,050,000 Cole Harmon 950,000 Youssef Hmama 895,000 Joshua Wallace 885,000 Gregory Wood 880,000 Christopher Alcindor 805,000 Jackson Oniske 755,000 -
15 Off the Bags
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 67/1,023 (99/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 11:20 PM The 1b field is nearing the end of the day, with only 15 more eliminations to go before the bags come out for Day 2 players. There are almost three full levels remaining on the scheduled day with the start of Level 22, but it seems very unlikely that they’ll play that long. It looks more likely that they’ll bag up sometime in Level 23.
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29 Off the Bags on Final Break
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 81/1,023 (113/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 10:40 PM The players are on their final break of Day 1b, with the field down to 81 players. That leaves them jst 29 off the bags, so it looks like 1b will end before they play 24 levels. That said, the action tends to slow a bit as the end of the night gets closer, with people tightening up to try and make it through to Day 2.
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119 Players Left
Level: 19 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 119/1,023 (151/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 9:40 PM The numbers are dropping quickly now that players are in the money, and they are already down to 120 players left to start Level 19. There is still one more level to play after this one before the final break of Day 1b, and they are now 68 eliminations away from an early end to 1b.
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Dropping Fast
Level: 18 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 137/1,023 (169/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 9:20 PM The field is down to 137 remaining, with about 15 minutes to play in Level 18. The average stack is about 24 big blinds, so they are relatively short for this time of the night, and that may be driving the action.
I’ll update all the Day 1b payouts and the Day 2 stacks at the end of the night tonight, after they bag up.
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In the Money
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 154/1,023 (186/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 9:05 PM There was no bubble play in the Monster Stack 1b today, as a player was eliminated on the hand as they were waiting to pause for hand-for-hand play. Level 17 is nearly complete, and there are 7 levels of poker, at most, until the end of today’s flight.
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Five Off the Money
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 159/1,023 (191/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 8:45 PM They are down to 159 players with about 15 minutes to play in Level 17, just 5 off the money spots now. The clock will be paused for hand-for-hand play after 4 more eliminations.
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13 Off the Money at Break
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 167/1,023 (199/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 8:25 PM The players are out for the break following Level 16, with about 5 minutes until they are back in action for Level 17. The field is down to 167 players now, 13 off the money spots, so the clock will likely be paused for bubble play shortly after Level 17 begins.
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50 Off the Money
Level: 15 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 204/1,023 (236/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 7:40 PM The field is closing in on the money with just 50 eliminations to go until they start getting paid out as they leave. There are 204 players left in the game as Level 15 ticks down to a close, so it looks like they’ll hit the money bubble sometime after the break following Level 16.
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Prizes are In; 154 Paid, At Least 52 Advance
Level: 15 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 220/1,023 (252/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 7:25 PM The prizes are now in, and there are 154 paid spots for today’s flight. They’ll keep playing once they hit the money, stopping play for the day after 24 levels of poker, or when they hit 52 players, which is 5% of the starting field.
That means at least $250,010 from today’s $337,590 in prizes will push forward into the Day 2 pool, but it could be even more if they play 24 levels and bag up with more than 52 remaining. Level 15 now has about 15 minutes to play, and there are two more breaks scheduled for today, following Level 16 & Level 20.
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Down to 281 Remaining
Level: 14 (3000/5000/5000) Entries: 281/1,023 (313/1,656) Prizes: $337,590 ($536,036 total) Local Time: 6:55 PM The final field size for Day 1b was adjusted down by one since the last post I made, leaving the flight still well into 4 digits, but with the final tally down to 1,023, for a combined field of 1,656.
That should still mean 154 paid spots today, with at least 51 bags to end the night.
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Four Digit Field for Final Monster Flight
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 377/1,024 (409/1,657) Prizes: $337,920 ($536,366 total) Local Time: 6:15 PM For the first time ever in Calgary, the Monster Stack has a four-digit field for one of its flights. Entries are now closed on the final flight to the Monster, and Day 1b got an astonishing 1,024 entries, for a combined field of 1,657.
That total puts this game as the fourth biggest field ever in Alberta, trailing this year’s massive Mini Main record-setter, as well as the Jan 2024 4-Flight (the previous record holder), and the Oct 2025 Mini Main.
With the current numbers, it looks like there will be 154 pay spots on Day 1b, with at least 51 players moving on to join the 32 qualifiers from 1a on Thursday’s Day 2. The action today continues until the end of Level 24, or until they get to 83 players, whichever comes first. Flight 1a ended with just over 25 minutes to play in Level 23, so 20k/40k/40k are the biggest blinds they’ll start at on Day 2, but the level may roll back further if today’s flight plays down more quickly.
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Cruickshank Finds the Double
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 382/931 Prizes: $307,230 ($505,676 total) Local Time: 5:08 PM James Cruickshank moved all in for 33,000, and the big blind made the call. Both players revealed their hands.
James Cruickshank: K♠7♠
Big Blind: 5♥5♦The board ran out 6♦A♠A♣7♣8♥ for Cruickshank to find the double.
James Cruickshank: 72,500
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A Monster Size Monster Stack
Day 1b of the Monster Stack is crushing the 2024 record for the Monster Stack. The 2024 record drew 530 entries for 1a and 850 entries for 1b. This year, 1a saw an increase to 633 entries and is currently at 918 entries for 1b. There is just over an hour left to register and the prize pool has combined to a massive $501,386 total. Stay tuned, as action plays to the end of the day with a winner crowned tomorrow.
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Hopper Finds the Elimination
Level: 10 (1,000 Entries: 427/857 Prizes: $282,810 ($481,256 total) Local Time: 4:29 PM Action was caught after the turn of 7♦5♥9♠10♥, and Trent Hopper fired for 25,000. His opponent moved all in for slightly more, and Hopper made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Late Position: 9♥6♣
Trent Hopper: Q♥Q♠The river was the A♥ for Hopper to take the pot.
Trent Hopper: 157,000
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Li Finds Value
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 453/833 Prizes: $274,890 ($473,336 total) Local Time: 4:12 PM Action was caught after the turn came the 5♥3♠3♥4♥, and all four players were quick to check.
The 6♦ completed the board, and Zhixiang Li fired for 5,000 from the small blind. The big blind made the call, and Li revealed 5♠5♣ to take the pot.
Zhixiang Li: 130,500
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Hopkins Takes it Down
Level: 9 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 461/798 Prizes: $263,340 ($461,786 total) Local Time: 3:54 PM Action was caught after the river of A♦K♦9♦A♥2♠, with the pot being 37,000.
Middle position checked to Joshua Hopkins, who fired for 45,000.
Middle position went into the tank but eventually found the fold.
Joshua Hopkins: 202,000
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Big Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 259,000 Karamjeet Shergill 251,000 Jody Brett 201,000 Brett Worton 188,000 Ali Razzaq 186,000 Donald Fujita 185,000 Yvan Gravel 160,000 Wayne Hoffert 155,500 Kevin Kondro 155,000 Wyatt Reader 154,500 -
Runner-Runner for Gravel
Level: 8 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 454/708 Prizes: $233,640 ($432,086 total) Local Time: 2:58 PM Three all in’s occurred with Yvan Gravel being all in for 52,900. The three players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: 9♦9♠
Yvan Gravel: A♠K♥
Early Position: K♠K♦The board ran out 9♥3♦5♦4♥2♦ for Gravel to find the nearly triple up.
Yvan Gravel: 137,800
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Tran Doubles Up
Level: 7 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 442/635 Prizes: $209,550 ($407,996 total) Local Time: 2:28 PM Middle position opened to 2,100, and Tien Tran moved all in for 13,900 from late position. Middle position made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Tien Tran: K♣10♦
Middle Position: 9♥9♦The board ran out 8♠2♥6♣Q♣10♥ for Tran to find the double.
Tien Tran: 30,300
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Lucky Ladies for Weisman
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 433/587 Prizes: $193,710 ($392,156 total) Local Time: 2:08 PM Action was caught after the flop of 10♠J♦5♣, and Keith Weideman moved all in for 21,800 from the big blind. The button made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Keith Weideman: Q♦Q♣
Button: A♥10♥The board ran out 7♠4♥ for Weideman to take the pot.
Keith Weideman: 45,600
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Big Stacks After First Break
Player Chip Count Karamjit Shergill 170,000 Jiaje Sheng 168,000 Christopher Brayson 162,000 Steven Desjarlais 140,800 Martin Messier 140,000 Donald Fujita 133,000 Carmela Ciantis 108,500 Randy Rook 107,500 Craig Caldwell 105,400 Steven Bridgeo 104,000 -
Horpestad Has It
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 410/507 Prizes: $167,310 ($365,756 total) Local Time: 1:32 PM Action was caught after the turn of 8♥5♥10♣J♣, and early position checked. Middle position fired for 3,000, and both players made the call.
After the river came the 7♦, and the small blind blasted for 11,000. Traci Horpestad made the call, and revealed 9♠8♣ to take the pot.
Traci Horpestad: 102,700
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Wood Finds Value
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 373/429 Prizes: $141,570 ($340,016 total) Local Time: 12:41 PM Action was caught after the river of 3♠10♥6♠Q♦8♠, and small blind was quick to check.
Gregory Wood fired for 8,000, and his opponent made the call.
Wood revealed 9♠6♠ to take down the pot.
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Bitton Climbs
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 365/399 Prizes: $131,670 ($330,116 total) Local Time: 12:26 PM Action was caught after the flop of 5♠4♣J♠, and middle position moved all in for 29,500. Nadav Bitton made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: J♥10♣
Nadav Bitton: 8♠4♠The board completed with the 10♥6♠ to give Bitton the pot.
Nadav Bitton: 115,800
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Aggression Pays for Joyal
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 321/346 Prizes: $114,180 ($312,626 total) Local Time: 12:03 PM Pierre Joyal raised to 800 from the button, and three players made the call.
The flop came Q♠A♦9♥, and action checked through.
After the turn came the 3♥, action checked to Joyal. He fired for 1,600, and all three players made the call.
The river came the 2♦, and again action checked to Joyal. He blasted for 3,800, and was rewarded with the pot.
Pierre Joyal: 37,900
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Desjarlais Finds an Early KO
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 289/297 Prizes: $98,010 ($296,456 total) Local Time: 11:40 AM Action was caught after the turn of 4♣10♦A♦K♥, and under the gun led out for 4,200. Steven Desjarlais raised to 10,000, and under the gun made the call.
The river came the 7♦, and under the gun moved all in for 12,700. Desjarlais made the call, and revealed A♥K♦ to best his opponent’s A♣10♥.
Steven Desjarlais: 59,400
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New With Jiggities
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 238/262 Prizes: $86,460 ($284,906 total) Local Time: 11:27 AM Action was caught after the turn of 2♠4♣6♠2♥, and early position was quick to check. Raymond New fired for 8,500 from the cutoff, and early position made the call.
The river came the 8♠, and both players were quick to check. New revealed J♣J♦ to take the pot.
Raymond New: 38,400
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The Monster is Huge — 1b of the Monster Stack runs Wednesday
Event #10: $400 Monster Stack NLH Day 1B ($330 + $70)
Date: Jan 14, 11 AM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Late Entry: 12 Levels (~6:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: 24 Levels or 5% of the Field Entries: 32/633 Prizes: $208,375 The trend so far in this series has been big fields that beat both series from 2025. Jan 2025 was the second biggest series ever for WSOP-C Calgary, with $5,740,395 in total prizes. That was less than $100k under the Jan 2024 record of $5,808,951.
After the Mini Main Event set a new regional record, crushing the record Jan 2024 4-Flight numbers, it started to look like this series was going to be the biggest ever, and the interest in the Monster Stack so far continues to bear that delicious fruit. Day 1a of this Monster game is the biggest Monster 1a so far here in Calgary, surpassing both the Jan 2024 & Jan 2025 1a numbers (Jan 2025 was the biggest Monster Stack ever in Calgary).
The final flight to the Monster runs on Wednesday at 11 am, and players can buy in for 12 levels. The desk should close for this one around 6:15 PM. Players start with 40k, and play 30-minute levels on Day 1, with the hard stop after 24 levels, or at 5% of the field, whichever comes first.
It remains to be seen what the turnout for 1b will be. 1b of the record 2025 game saw 947 entries, but with 1a significantly ahead of last year, and with the huge turnouts across the rest of the events, the final Monster flight could easily hit four digits, and will likely compete for the second-biggest field ever here at WSOP-C Calgary.
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Allen Shen Wins Monster Stack for Almost $80k
Allen Shen, Winner of the Monster Stack Allen Shen, with the Ontario crew, after his Monster Win Allen Shen had to come from behind against Mehmet Siginc, who was looking for his second ring this series. Siginc started heads up with a big lead, but a huge cooler flipped things around.
After a raise from Shen and a call from Siginc preflop, Siginc check-raised the ace-high, two-club flop. Shen called to the turn, which paired the ace and brought a third club to the board.
Siginc shoved, and Shen called him off pretty quickly. Siginc turned the nut club flush with king-eight, with Shen on trip aces with a four.
Shen needed an ace or a four or for the board to pair, and he got his wish when the river paired the five, giving Shen the full house and the win. He had a large rail of Ontario crushers railing him tonight, including past Main Event winner Nicholas Teeuwen, and streamer Patrick “Egption” Tardif, among many others.
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Mehmet Siginc Out in 2nd Place for $52,010
Level: 36 (400000/800000/800000) Entries: 2/1656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 11:20 PM Mehmet Siginic Alen Shen raised to 2.2 million and Mehmet Siginc called. The flop came 10♣5♣A♠, and Siginc check-raised from 1.4 million to 7 million. Shen called for the A♣ on the turn.
Siginc shoved the big stack and Shen called fairly quickly. Siginc turned the nut club flush with king-eight, while Shen was on ace-four for trip aces. The river saved Shen as it paired 5♦, and Shen grabbed a huge lead.
Just a couple of hands later, Siginc shoved his short stack with pocket deuces, and Shen called with queen-four, and turned a four for the win.
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Philip Dobrikin Out in 3rd Place for $35,285
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 2/1656 Prizes: $536.036 Local Time: 11:00 PM Philip Dobrikin They are heads up now in the Monster Stack after Mehmet Siginc sent Philip Dobrikin to the rail in third place. I caught the action as Dobrikin was facing an all-in on the river from Siginc, who has the big stack.
Dobrikin eventually sighed, “I got to 3rd at least,” and slid in his stack for the call. He flopped an ace with ace-three, but Siginc was on two-pair with ten-seven, and took it down.
Siginc is how heads up against Alen Shen, and Siginc has the chip lead going for his second ring this series.
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Jackson Oniske Out in 4th Place for $24,454
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 3/1656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 10:50 PM Jackson Oniske The two short stacks have been trading chips without much progress for either. Jackson Oniske was down to just over 4 million, and he shoved under the gun. Philip Dobrikin, who was the second shortest, snap called from the big blind.
He was racing with nines against queen-ten, and while Oniske flopped a gutty and turned open-ended, the 4♠8♣J♠K♣7♠ board left the nines in front, and sent Onikse out in 4th place.
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Oniske Doubles
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 4/1656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 12:25 PM Jackson Oniske just scored a double. Philip Dobrikin raised under the gun, then called when Oniske shoved the button. Oniske was best with ace-jack into ace-five, but Dobrikin flopped a straight draw. He bricked the turn & river on a board of 7♥4♥6♣10♠K♠ to send the double to Oniske.
Dobrikin and Oniske traded the short stacks in the hand, with Oniske up to about 8.5 million versus 4 million for Dobrikin. Mehmet Siginc is the leader with about 30 million right now, while Alen Shen is playing about 24 million for second.
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James Ward Out in 5th Place for $17,321
Level: 34 (250000/500000/500000) Entries: 4/1656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 10:00 PM James Ward James Ward was the short stack at the table even after his recent double, and he wasn’t able to spin it up. He just hit the rail for 5th place shortly after the recent hand against Philip Dobrikin.
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Ward Grabs a Double
Level: 34 (250000/500000/500000) Entries: 5/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 9:50 PM Philip Dobrikin raised to 2 million from the cutoff, and James Ward shoved his big blind for just 50k more. Dobrikin called with the best of it, ace-king of hearts over queen-ten of diamonds, but Ward found a ten on the flop of [invalid notations] and Dobrikin couldn’t the cards he needed.
Mehmet Siginc looks to be on his way to ring #2 in this series. He won the NLH/PLO mix on opening day, and he’s sitting with the big stack in the final five of the Monster now.
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Jiajie Sheng Eliminated in 6th Place ($12,546)
Level: 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) Entries: 5/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 9:28 PM Jiajie Sheng Jiajie Sheng moved all in for 1,300,000, and Mehmet Siginic moved all in. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Jiajie Sheng: 8♣4♣
Mehmet Signic: J♠J♣The board ran out A♥6♥2♠7♥A♠ for Aignic to take the pot.
Allen Shen: 25,800,000
Philip Dobirikin: 14,800,000
Mehmet Siginc: 11,500,000
Jackson Oniske: 8,500,000
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Devon Rissing Eliminated in 7th Place ($9,297)
Level: 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) Entries: 5/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 9:20 PM Devon Rissling Devon Rissing moved all in for 1,500,000, and Allen Shen made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Devon Rissing: K♣J♠
Allen Shen: 10♣10♠The board ran out Q♠Q♣A♦4♥10♦ for Shen to take the pot.
Allen Shen: 25,800,000
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Joshua Lindberg Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,053)
Level: 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) Entries: 7/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 9:06 PM Joshua Lindberg Joshua Lindberg moved all in for 1,300,000, and Philip Dobrikin made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Joshua Lindberg: K♠7♣
Philip Dobrikin: A♥Q♠The board ran out 9♠10♥4♠6♣6♠ for Dobrikin to find the elimination.
Philip Dobrikin: 15,800,000
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Adam Worr Eliminated in 9th Place ($5,479)
Level: 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000) Entries: 8/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 8:51 PM Adam Worr Adam Worr moved all in for 200,000, and Allen Shen was the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Adam Worr: A♣K♥
Allen Shen: 9♥9♣The board ran out 7♥J♣J♠9♦5♠ for Shen to take the pot.
Allen Shen: 15,500,000
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Lindberg Finds the Double
Level: 32 (150,000/300,000/300,000) Entries: 9/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 8:31 PM Joshua Lindberg moved all on the button for 1,100,000, and Allen Shen made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Joshua Lindberg: 6♦6♠
Allen Shen: A♦6♠The board ran out 2♥4♣5♠8♣2♦ for Lindberg to find the double.
Allen Shen: 12,000,000
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Gregory Wood Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,362)
Level: 32 (150,000/300,000/300,000) Entries: 9/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 8:00 PM Gregory Wood Gregory Wood moved all in for 2,150,000, and Adam Worr made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Gregory Wood: J♦8♦
Adam Worr: 3♥3♠The board ran out J♥J♠4♣6♣3♦ for Worr to take the pot.
Adam Worr: 12,300,000
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Jordan Matsui Eliminated in 11th Place ($4,362)
Level: 31 (150,000/250,000/250,000) Entries: 10/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 7:43 PM Jordan Matsui Jordan Matsui moved all in for 2,950,000, and Adam Worr made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jordan Matsui: A♣10♦
Adam Worr: A♥J♦The board ran out 6♦Q♣A♦J♣9♠ for Worr to take the pot.
Adam Worr: 10,800,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 12 Jack Vaccarello $3,561 13 Dennis Didow $3,561 14 Frank Gallie $2,984 15 Jonathan Kwon $2,984 16 Sandra Sxelson $2,984 17 Waylon Gibson $2,984 -
Siginic Making Moves
Level: 31 (150,000/250,000/250,000) Entries: 13/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 7:12 PM At Blinds of 100,000/200,000/200,000, early position opened to 500,000. Mehmet Siginic three-bet to 1,200,000 from the button. Early position made the call.
The flop came 8♥3♦2♦, and early position was quick to check. Siginic fired for 1,100,000, and early position made the call.
After the turn peeled the [invalid notations], and made the fold. Signic revealed K♠10♣ for the stone bluff.
Mehmet Siginic: 6,400,000
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Updated Stacks at Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Allen Shen 9,700,000 Philip Dobrikin 7,800,000 Gregory Wood 7,500,000 Mehmet Siginic 7,200,000 Jackson Oniske 6,600,000 Devon Rissling 6,200,000 Dennis Didow 5,400,000 Jordan Matsui 4,000,000 Jiajie Sheng 3,100,000 Joshua Lindberg 2,200,000 -
Recent Bustouts
Position Player Prize 18 Rahul Sharma $2,566 19 Andy Truong $2,566 20 Donald Cowie $2,566 21 Julius Roque $2,566 22 Joshia GReville $2,566 23 Elvis Kastrati $2,566 24 Richard Leblanc $2,566 25 David Zoerb $2,566 26 Jimmy Lee $2,566 -
Wood Eliminates Truong
Level: 29 (100,000/150,000/150,000) Entries: 18/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 5:25 PM Andy Truong moved all in for 2,100,000, and Gregory Wood made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Andy Truong: A♠J♠
Gregory Wood: A♣Q♣The board ran out J♥10♦Q♥Q♠6♦ for Wood to take the pot.
Gregory Wood: 4,900,000
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Kings for Rissling
Level: 29 (100,000/150,000/150,000) Entries: 19/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 5:08 PM Middle position opened to 300,000, and Andy Truong raised to 850,000.
The button moved all in for 1,200,000, and Truong made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Devon Rissling: K♥K♦
Andy Truong: Q♥Q♣The board ran out 9♦2♣7♠7♦10♦ for Rissling to find the double.
Andy Truong: 1,820,000
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Shen Won’t Back Down
Level: 29 (100,000/150,000/150,000) Entries: 20/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 4:52 PM Allen Shen opened to 300,000 from early position, and Andy Truong three-bet to 850,000.
Shen jammed having Truong covered, and Truong made the quick laydown.
Allen Shen: 6,100,000
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Siginic On a Heater
Level: 28 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 21/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 4:29 PM Mehmet Siginic opened to 250,000, and the big blind defended.
The flop came 4♦3♣7♠, and the big blind checked to Siginic. He fired for 250,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
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Updated Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Jiajie Sheng 6,300,000 Frank Galle 5,800,000 Philip Dobrikin 5,200,000 Allen Shen 4,500,000 Andy Truong 3,900,000 Gregory Wood 3,800,000 Mehmet Signic 3,800,000 James Ward 3,700,000 Donald Cowie 3,700,000 Joshua Lindberg 3,300,000 -
Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 27 Minh Cuong Lieu $2,268 28 Petar Amic $2,268 29 Jason Chan $2,268 30 Scot Munro $2,268 31 Cole Michael Harmon $2,268 32 Ryan Johal $2,268 33 Scott Ernest Stuve $2,268 34 Christopher Alcindor $2,268 35 Malachy Hagan $2,268 36 Reza Yazdani Aminabadi $2,061 37 Brayden Brown $2,061 38 Donald Arsenault $2,061 39 Debi Stephenson-Loomer $2,061 40 Victor Ma $2,061 41 Ashkan Razavi $2,061 42 Darlene Lee $2,061 43 Jacob Anderson $2,061 44 Scott Donald Serwa $2,061 -
Gibson Finds the Double With Jiggities
Level: 27 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 27/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 2:54 PM Waylon Gibson moved all in for 1,620,000, and middle position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Waylon Gibson: J♠J♦
Middle Position: A♠K♠The board ran out 3♣3♠2♦6♦9♠ for Gibson to find the double.
Waylon Gibson: 3,440,000
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Wood is On Fire
Level: 26 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 36/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 2:21 PM Christopher Alcindor opened to 180,000 from middle position, and Gregory Wood made the call.
The flop came K♣4♣4♠, and Alcindor was quick to check. Wood fired for 250,000, and Alcindor made the call.
After the turn caem the 2♦, Alcindor checked his option to Wood. He moved all in, and Alcindor called his remaining 1,500,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Christopher Alcindor: A♠K♠
Gregory Wood: K♦Q♥The river flipped the odds as it came the 2♦Q♣ for Wood to take the pot.
Gregory Wood: 3,850,000
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Straight Flush for Vaccarello
Level: 26 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 46/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 Local Time: 2:03 PM Jack Vaccarello moved all in for 470,000, and late position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jack Vaccarello: 9♣9♦
Late Position: A♥Q♣The board ran out 10♣6♣7♣, and Vaccarello’s opponent called for the 8♣. It immediately came as the board completed with the 8♣2♦.
Jack Vaccarello: 1,140,000
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Ladder Ups
Player Position Prize 45 Alen Bakovic $1,928 46 Richard Broger $1,928 47 Jordon Johnstone $1,928 48 Youssef Hmama $1,928 49 Kamyar Amini $1,928 50 Ryan Smith $1,928 51 Richard Pepito $1,928 52 Perry Rouzes $1,928 53 Zhixiang Li $1,928 54 Benjamin Sinclair Cooper $1,858 55 CARLOS ALANIZ $1,858 56 Nitin Verma $1,858 57 Chad Blumes $1,858 58 Louis Collette $1,858 59 Joshua Cameron Wallace $1,858 60 Shannon Edward Mckee $1,858 61 Darcy Wright $1,858 62 Morgan Jantzen $1,858 63 Mathiraj Sabanathan $1,769 64 Edwin Kuntz $1,769 65 Daniel Lefebvre $1,769 66 Kyle Mark Cook $1,769 67 Geno Dick $1,769 68 Vincent Jamieson $1,769 69 Vincent Lam $1,769 70 Anand Dattani $1,769 71 Shenhong Yang $1,769 72 Eric Dunham $1,769 73 Jesse Piteau $1,769 74 Christian Mirkovic $1,769 75 Tien Tran $1,769 76 Lance Jones $1,769 77 Aaron Ryan $1,769 78 Michael Farrow $1,769 79 Steven Bridgeo $1,769 80 Ryan Biermann $1,769 81 Ran Yi $1,769 82 Richard Berenbaum $1,769 83 Christopher Brayant $1,769 84 Scott Gailfus $1,769 -
Jiajie Sheng Bags Huge for Biggest Monster Ever
Event #10: $400 Monster Stack NLH Day 2
Date: Jan 15, Noon Blinds: 45 Minutes (30 minutes until Level 25) Entries: 84/1,656 Prizes: $536,036 ($404,294 to be awarded on Day 2) It’s the biggest Monster Stack ever at WSOP-C Calgary, beating the previous best by more than 100 entries. Jan 2025 was the previous record holder for Monster fields, at 1,536, and this year’s edition came in 120 entries bigger.
That puts it as the fourth biggest field ever here at WSOP-C, behind the recent Mini Main record holder from this series, the Jan 2024 4-Flight, and the Oct 2025 Mini Main, and that bodes extremely well for this to be a record series as a whole. There are still the big events to come, of course, but through the $ak Turbo, including the Monster stack, the current record holder series, Jan 2024, had amassed just over $2.5 million in prizes — at the same point this year, this series is already at more than $3 million in total prizes.
The Monster was the game that really pumped the numbers into record territory. The rest of the series has had very solid turnouts as well, but the extra juice from a record Monster field has pushed the first half of the series into the record zone.
As 84 players return for Day 2 of the Monster stack, with $78k up top for the win, Jiajie Sheng is the player with the best shot of grabbing that big prize. He bagged a massive 3.21 million at the end of Day 1b, dwarfing the 1a leading sack of Josh Greville by almost 2 to 1. The rest of 1b couldn’t even keep up with Sheng, as James Ward’s second-place stack is just 1.73 million.
Ward was one of 11 players from 1b to bag more than a million, and they joined 7 millionaires from 1a for the Day 2 action.
Top Ten Day 2 Stacks
Player Chips Jiajie Sheng 3,210,000 Dennis Didow 2,080,000 Andy Truong 1,900,000 Josh Greville 1,855,000 Allen Shen 1,750,000 James Ward 1,730,000 Frank Gallie 1,460,000 Richard Leblanc 1,370,000 Geno Dick 1,300,000 Jackson Oniske 1,253,000 The Day 2 action gets going at noon in the Chrome room, with Level 23 & 24 to be played at the 30-minute Day 1 blind levels, before it jumps to the Day 2 blinds of 45 minutes for Level 25.
The action will continue until someone has a ring on their finger, and with the returning field size, I’d expect to settle in for 12+ hours of poker before this is all decided. Alek Gillies will be on the floor for the early action, and I’ll be there to catch the final hands and the ring.
The full Day 2 prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab, with the final table payouts below, as well as the Day 2 players sorted by seat and by name.
Final Table Prizes for Record Monster
Place Prize 1 $78,020 2 $52,010 3 $35,285 4 $24,454 5 $17,321 6 $12,546 7 $9,297 8 $7,053 9 $5,479 10 $4,362 Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)
T-S Player Chips 28 – 1 Steven Bridgeo 310,000 28 – 2 Frank Gallie 1,460,000 28 – 3 Darlene Lee 395,000 28 – 4 Ben Cooper 595,000 28 – 5 Sandra Axelson 470,000 28 – 6 Christian Mirkovic 255,000 28 – 7 Julius Roque 1,235,000 28 – 8 Cuong Lieu 725,000 28 – 9 Darcy Wright 360,000 29 – 1 Debi Loomer 660,000 29 – 2 Morgan Jantzen 850,000 29 – 3 Edwin Kuntz 390,000 29 – 4 Devon Rissling 430,000 29 – 5 Jacob Anderson 1,235,000 29 – 6 Eric Dunham 300,000 29 – 7 Carlos Alaniz 975,000 29 – 8 Kyle Mark Cook 535,000 29 – 9 Kamyar Amini 670,000 34 – 1 Rahul Sharma 675,000 34 – 2 Josh Greville 1,855,000 34 – 3 Nitin Verma 345,000 34 – 4 Josh Wallace 950,000 34 – 5 Jordan Matsui 1,174,000 34 – 6 Elvis Kastrati 415,000 34 – 7 Jimmy Lee 865,000 34 – 8 Christopher Brayant 495,000 34 – 9 Jiajie Sheng 3,210,000 35 – 1 Ryan Smith 990,000 35 – 2 James Ward 1,730,000 35 – 3 Ashkan Razavi 1,125,000 35 – 5 Perry Rouzes 20,000 35 – 6 Richard Berenbaum 570,000 35 – 7 Gregory Wood 1,095,000 35 – 8 Waylon Gibson 1,065,000 35 – 9 Jack Vaccarello 530,000 36 – 1 Geno Dick 1,300,000 36 – 3 Jackson Oniske 1,253,000 36 – 4 Christopher Alcindor 955,000 36 – 5 Anand Dattani 180,000 36 – 6 Jonathan Kwon 190,000 36 – 7 Mehmet Siginc 940,000 36 – 8 Donald Cowie 1,125,000 36 – 9 Joshua Lindberg 1,090,000 37 – 2 Richard Pepito 1,180,000 37 – 3 Adam Worr 275,000 37 – 4 Dennis Didow 2,080,000 37 – 5 Alen Bakovic 825,000 37 – 6 Daniel Lefebvre 660,000 37 – 7 Reza Aminabadi 770,000 37 – 8 Scot Munro 1,120,000 37 – 9 Louis Collette 805,000 40 – 1 Peter Amic 935,000 40 – 2 Vincent Lam 195,000 40 – 3 Ran Yi 330,000 40 – 4 Vincent Jamieson 410,000 40 – 5 Richard Leblanc 1,370,000 40 – 6 Philip Dobrikin 830,000 40 – 8 Cole Harmon 995,000 40 – 9 Ryan Biermann 285,000 41 – 1 Shannon Mckee 355,000 41 – 2 Jesse Piteau 295,000 41 – 3 Youssef Hmama 920,000 41 – 4 Brayden Brown 325,000 41 – 5 Andy Truong 1,900,000 41 – 6 Jason Chan 830,000 41 – 7 Tien Tran 205,000 41 – 9 David Zoerb 785,000 42 – 1 Victor Ma 365,000 42 – 2 Allen Shen 1,750,000 42 – 4 Ryan Johal 740,000 42 – 5 Jordon Johnstone 1,100,000 42 – 6 Scott Stuve 680,000 42 – 7 Michael Farrow 315,000 42 – 8 Scott Gailfus 335,000 42 – 9 Richard Broger 670,000 43 – 1 Aaron Joseph Ryan 130,000 43 – 2 Donald Arsenault 900,000 43 – 3 Shenhong Yang 390,000 43 – 4 Chad Blumes 610,000 43 – 5 Zhixiang Li 560,000 43 – 6 Scott Serwa 885,000 43 – 7 Mal Hagan 1,065,000 43 – 8 Lance Jones 465,000 43 – 9 Mathiraj Sabanathan 330,000 Day 2 Seats, Sorted by Name
T-S Player Chips 43 – 1 Aaron Joseph Ryan 130,000 37 – 3 Adam Worr 275,000 37 – 5 Alen Bakovic 825,000 42 – 2 Allen Shen 1,750,000 36 – 5 Anand Dattani 180,000 41 – 5 Andy Truong 1,900,000 35 – 3 Ashkan Razavi 1,125,000 28 – 4 Ben Cooper 595,000 41 – 4 Brayden Brown 325,000 29 – 7 Carlos Alaniz 975,000 43 – 4 Chad Blumes 610,000 28 – 6 Christian Mirkovic 255,000 36 – 4 Christopher Alcindor 955,000 34 – 8 Christopher Brayant 495,000 40 – 8 Cole Harmon 995,000 28 – 8 Cuong Lieu 725,000 37 – 6 Daniel Lefebvre 660,000 28 – 9 Darcy Wright 360,000 28 – 3 Darlene Lee 395,000 41 – 9 David Zoerb 785,000 29 – 1 Debi Loomer 660,000 37 – 4 Dennis Didow 2,080,000 29 – 4 Devon Rissling 430,000 43 – 2 Donald Arsenault 900,000 36 – 8 Donald Cowie 1,125,000 29 – 3 Edwin Kuntz 390,000 34 – 6 Elvis Kastrati 415,000 29 – 6 Eric Dunham 300,000 28 – 2 Frank Gallie 1,460,000 36 – 1 Geno Dick 1,300,000 35 – 7 Gregory Wood 1,095,000 35 – 9 Jack Vaccarello 530,000 36 – 3 Jackson Oniske 1,253,000 29 – 5 Jacob Anderson 1,235,000 35 – 2 James Ward 1,730,000 41 – 6 Jason Chan 830,000 41 – 2 Jesse Piteau 295,000 34 – 9 Jiajie Sheng 3,210,000 34 – 7 Jimmy Lee 865,000 36 – 6 Jonathan Kwon 190,000 34 – 5 Jordan Matsui 1,174,000 42 – 5 Jordon Johnstone 1,100,000 34 – 2 Josh Greville 1,855,000 34 – 4 Josh Wallace 950,000 36 – 9 Joshua Lindberg 1,090,000 28 – 7 Julius Roque 1,235,000 29 – 9 Kamyar Amini 670,000 29 – 8 Kyle Mark Cook 535,000 43 – 8 Lance Jones 465,000 37 – 9 Louis Collette 805,000 43 – 7 Mal Hagan 1,065,000 43 – 9 Mathiraj Sabanathan 330,000 36 – 7 Mehmet Siginc 940,000 42 – 7 Michael Farrow 315,000 29 – 2 Morgan Jantzen 850,000 34 – 3 Nitin Verma 345,000 35 – 5 Perry Rouzes 20,000 40 – 1 Peter Amic 935,000 40 – 6 Philip Dobrikin 830,000 34 – 1 Rahul Sharma 675,000 40 – 3 Ran Yi 330,000 37 – 7 Reza Aminabadi 770,000 35 – 6 Richard Berenbaum 570,000 42 – 9 Richard Broger 670,000 40 – 5 Richard Leblanc 1,370,000 37 – 2 Richard Pepito 1,180,000 40 – 9 Ryan Biermann 285,000 42 – 4 Ryan Johal 740,000 35 – 1 Ryan Smith 990,000 28 – 5 Sandra Axelson 470,000 37 – 8 Scot Munro 1,120,000 42 – 8 Scott Gailfus 335,000 43 – 6 Scott Serwa 885,000 42 – 6 Scott Stuve 680,000 41 – 1 Shannon Mckee 355,000 43 – 3 Shenhong Yang 390,000 28 – 1 Steven Bridgeo 310,000 41 – 7 Tien Tran 205,000 42 – 1 Victor Ma 365,000 40 – 4 Vincent Jamieson 410,000 40 – 2 Vincent Lam 195,000 35 – 8 Waylon Gibson 1,065,000 41 – 3 Youssef Hmama 920,000 43 – 5 Zhixiang Li 560,000
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Shen | $78,020 |
| 2 | Mehmet Siginc | $52,010 |
| 3 | Philip Dobrikin | $35,285 |
| 4 | Jackson Oniske | $24,454 |
| 5 | James Ward | $17,321 |
| 6 | Jiajie Sheng | $12,546 |
| 7 | Devon Rissling | $9,297 |
| 8 | Joshua Lindberg | $7,956 |
| 9 | Jimmy Lee | $5,479 |
| 10 | Cuong Lieu | $4,362 |
| 11 | Petar Amic | $4,362 |
| 12 | Jason Chan | $3,561 |
| 13 | Scot Munro | $3,561 |
| 14 | Cole Harmon | $2,984 |
| 15 | Ryan Johal | $2,984 |
| 16 | Scott Stuve | $2,984 |
| 17 | Christopher Alcindor | $2,984 |
| 18 | Mal Hagan | $2,566 |
| 19 | Reza Aminabadi | $2,566 |
| 20 | Brayden Brown | $2,566 |
| 21 |  Donald Arsenault | $2,566 |
| 22 | Debi Loomer | $2,566 |
| 23 | Victor Ma | $2,566 |
| 24 | Ashkan Razavi | $2,566 |
| 25 | Darlene Lee | $2,566 |
| 26 | Jacob Anderson | $2,566 |
| 27 | Scott Serwa | $2,268 |
| 28 | Alen Bakovic | $2,268 |
| 29 | Richard Broger | $2,268 |
| 30 | Jordon Johnstone | $2,268 |
| 31 | Youssef Hmama | $2,268 |
| 32 | Kamyar Amini | $2,268 |
| 33 | Ryan Smith | $2,268 |
| 34 | Richard Pepito | $3,116 |
| 35 | Perry Rouzes | $2,268 |
| 36 | Zhixiang Li | $2,061 |
| 37 | Ben Cooper | $2,061 |
| 38 | Carlos Alaniz | $2,061 |
| 39 | Nitin Verma | $2,061 |
| 40 | Chad Blumes | $2,868 |
| 41 | Louis Collette | $2,868 |
| 42 | Josh Wallace | $2,061 |
| 43 | Shannon Mckee | $2,061 |
| 44 | Darcy Wright | $2,061 |
| 45 | Morgan Jantzen | $1,928 |
| 46 | Mathiraj Sabanathan | $1,928 |
| 47 | Edwin Kuntz | $1,928 |
| 48 | Daniel Lefebvre | $1,928 |
| 49 | Kyle Cook | $1,928 |
| 50 | Ryan Smith | $1,928 |
| 51 | Richard Pepito | $2,916 |
| 52 | Perry Rouzes | $1,928 |
| 53 | Zhixiang Li | $1,928 |
| 54 | Ben Cooper | $1,858 |
| 55 | Carlos Alaniz | $1,858 |
| 56 | Nitin Verma | $1,858 |
| 57 | Chad Blumes | $1,858 |
| 58 | Louis Collette | $1,858 |
| 59 | Josh Wallace | $1,858 |
| 60 |  Shannon Mckee | $1,858 |
| 61 | Darcy Wright | $1,858 |
| 62 | Morgan Jantzen | $1,858 |
| 63 | Mathiraj Sabanathan | $1,769 |
| 64 | Edwin Kuntz | $1,769 |
| 65 | Daniel Lefebvre | $1,769 |
| 66 |  Kyle Cook | $1,769 |
| 67 | Geno Dick | $1,769 |
| 68 | Vincent Jamieson | $1,769 |
| 69 | Vincent Lam | $1,769 |
| 70 | Anand Dattani | $1,769 |
| 71 | Shenhong Yang | $1,769 |
| 72 | Eric Dunham | $2,576 |
| 73 | Jesse Piteau | $1,769 |
| 74 | Christian Mirkovic | $1,769 |
| 75 | Tien Tran | $2,576 |
| 76 | Lance Jones | $1,769 |
| 77 | Aaron Ryan | $1,769 |
| 78 | Michael Farrow | $1,769 |
| 79 | Steven Bridgeo | $1,769 |
| 80 | Ryan Biermann | $1,769 |
| 81 | Ran Yi | $1,769 |
| 82 | Richard Berenbaum | $1,769 |
| 83 | Christopher Brayant | $1,769 |
| 84 | Scott Gailfus | $1,769 |
| 85 | Rauno Tahvonen | $2,009 |
| 86 | Jason Kelly | $1,954 |
| 87 | Alicia Dodds | $1,858 |
| 88 | Shane Brotherwood | $1,708 |
| 89 | Richard Mullen | $1,668 |
| 90 | Marc Lavergne | $1,649 |
| 91 | Edward Sorensen | $1,649 |
| 92 | Hugo Soares | $1,608 |
| 93 | Regan Duong | $1,608 |
| 94 | Mohsen Shafizadeh | $1,171 |
| 95 | Jacob Paterson | $1,108 |
| 96 | Todd Stokowski | $1,108 |
| 97 | David Ballantine | $1,051 |
| 98 | Zeyu Du | $1,051 |
| 99 | Calvin Lake | $1,051 |
| 100 | Ryan Mcclean | $1,051 |
| 101 | Wille Scott | $1,051 |
| 102 | Nizar Tajdin | $1,051 |
| 103 | Tyler Thomas | $1,051 |
| 104 | Claude Gaudet | $988 |
| 105 | Thomas Jansen | $988 |
| 106 | Robert Lothian | $988 |
| 107 | Graham Lupton | $988 |
| 108 | Gabriel Nahas | $988 |
| 109 | William Pacarynuk | $988 |
| 110 | Jeffery Piercy | $988 |
| 111 | Caleb Trenh | $988 |
| 112 | Fred Balic | $963 |
| 113 | Jeff Charlebois | $963 |
| 114 | Donald Fujita | $963 |
| 115 | Harri Heinonkari | $963 |
| 116 | Murray Kristoff | $963 |
| 117 | David Kumar | $963 |
| 118 | Dave Mcleod | $963 |
| 119 | Wilfred Mcnelly | $963 |
| 120 | Kris Steinbach | $963 |
| 121 | Karen Dodd | $903 |
| 122 | Martinus Kaspers | $903 |
| 123 | Aaron La | $903 |
| 124 | Ragnar Parn | $903 |
| 125 | Jeffrey Reardon | $903 |
| 126 | Graham Richards | $903 |
| 127 | James Werry | $903 |
| 128 | Harminder Aujla | $901 |
| 129 | Alexander Bylicki | $901 |
| 130 | David Crowchild | $901 |
| 131 | Eldon Doupe | $901 |
| 132 | Tony Le | $901 |
| 133 | Matthew Osorio | $901 |
| 134 | Jasmin Tate | $901 |
| 135 | Jody Brett | $861 |
| 136 | Scott Afingland | $861 |
| 137 | Alex Liu | $861 |
| 138 | Seamus Mcgearty | $861 |
| 139 | Mehdi Saeed | $861 |
| 140 | Sean Sztyler | $861 |
| 141 | Himanshu Thapar | $861 |
| 142 | Jason Yang | $861 |
| 143 | Krys Alipio | $848 |
| 144 | Tedde Ballanger | $848 |
| 145 | Jerod Dobson | $848 |
| 146 | Steven Labelle | $848 |
| 147 | Viet Vo | $848 |
| 148 | Zizhu Zhao | $848 |
| 149 | Norapat Arunyakanon | $841 |
| 150 | Chen Chen | $841 |
| 151 | Nathan Coxford | $841 |
| 152 | Angelo Jopek | $841 |
| 153 | Douglas Lee | $841 |
| 154 | Denis Mujcin | $841 |
| 155 | Manish Ralh | $841 |
| 156 | Kenneth Upton | $841 |
| 157 | Qing Yang | $841 |
| 158 | Ankhbayar Bayar | $807 |
| 159 | Ronald Berdusco | $807 |
| 160 | Gordon Chester | $807 |
| 161 | David Dickie | $807 |
| 162 | Lap Chi Duong | $807 |
| 163 | Robert Acorn | $807 |
| 164 | Richard Gilliard | $807 |
| 165 | Brent Grabher | $807 |
| 166 | Jean-Philipp Heroux | $807 |
| 167 | Jeremy Janes | $807 |
| 168 | Dallis Kerbrat | $807 |
| 169 | David Krause | $807 |
| 170 | David Macneil | $807 |
| 171 | Chris Mata | $807 |
| 172 | Thi Nguyen | $807 |
| 173 | Jennifer Peters | $807 |
| 174 | Simon Quintal | $807 |
| 175 | Philip Roque | $807 |
| 176 | Abite Shawile | $807 |
| 177 | Patrick Tardif | $807 |
| 178 | Cherry Torrico | $807 |
| 179 | David Vandertorre | $807 |
| 180 | Hien Vo | $807 |
| 181 | Chengdong Zhao | $807 |
| 182 | Isabelo Bagsac | $801 |
| 183 | Michael Baldwin | $801 |
| 184 | Kaan Becer | $801 |
| 185 | Gaetano Buda | $801 |
| 186 | Joel Bullock | $801 |
| 187 | Seong Choi | $801 |
| 188 | Douglas Cornelson | $801 |
| 189 | Tyler Delege | $801 |
| 190 | Jack Dick | $801 |
| 191 | Aaron Froese | $801 |
| 192 | Bayar Gombosuren | $801 |
| 193 | Andrew Goosen | $801 |
| 194 | Edward Hakim | $801 |
| 195 | Bryce Harrison | $801 |
| 196 | Ramaz Haymour | $801 |
| 197 | Wayne Hoffert | $801 |
| 198 | Joel Hogue | $801 |
| 199 | Joshua W Hopkins | $801 |
| 200 | Ryan Kenoras | $801 |
| 201 | Shariq Khan | $801 |
| 202 | Robert Kliss | $801 |
| 203 | Steven Kraljevic | $801 |
| 204 | Christopher Lau | $801 |
| 205 | Ayman Mahfoud | $801 |
| 206 | Michael Malm | $801 |
| 207 | Darcy Mcdonald | $801 |
| 208 | Clark Mckay | $801 |
| 209 | Qingwei Meng | $801 |
| 210 | Martin Messier | $801 |
| 211 | Hai Xuan Oan | $801 |
| 212 | Tyler Panas | $801 |
| 213 | Gurdeep Parhar | $801 |
| 214 | Joon Park | $801 |
| 215 | Sean Pevlin | $801 |
| 216 | Katherine Quinn | $801 |
| 217 | Wyatt Reader | $801 |
| 218 | Richard Rex | $801 |
| 219 | Jan Rofuli | $801 |
| 220 | Trent Sapach | $801 |
| 221 | Rene Peter Schmidt | $801 |
| 222 | Wayne Scott | $801 |
| 223 | Seyed Seyednabian | $801 |
| 224 | Dhiraj Sharma | $801 |
| 225 | Karamjeet Shergill | $801 |
| 226 | Ryan Simmonds | $801 |
| 227 | Nicola Tassone | $801 |
| 228 | Nicholas Teeuwen | $801 |
| 229 | Wolfgang Tietz | $801 |
| 230 | Andrew Tilston | $801 |
| 231 | Michael Wo | $801 |
| 232 | Zhi Yang | $801 |
| 233 | Tim Yu | $801 |
